Experience
Experience verb - To come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it.
Smell and experience are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smell" instead a verb "Experience".
Smell
Smell verb - To become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose.
Experience and smell are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Experience" instead a verb "Smell".
How words are described
| human | human experience | human smell |
| good | good experience | good smell |
| pleasant | pleasant experience | pleasant smell |
| better | better experience | better smell |
| Other adjectives: similar, unpleasant, great, superior, bad, terrible, horrible, personal, unique, strange, different, horrific. | ||
Common collocations
| attraction | experience attraction | smell attraction |
| fear | experience fear | smell fear |
| way | experience way | smell way |
| times | experience times | smell times |
| Other words: emotions. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Thus, their experience of smell is probably more like how we experience sound or vision than aromas.
Source: Bizarre Alien Senses - For example: forcing a Pokémon without a nose, like Magnezone, to experience the sense of smell.
Source: Sensory Overload - However, since he lacks the sense of smell and taste, the mandatory act of eating is pleasant neither for him to experience nor others to witness.
Source: Eating Optional
Cite this Source
Smell and Experience. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/experience/smell
Experience & Smell. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/experience/smell>.
Smell or Experience. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/experience/smell.
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