stinking and fetid suggest the foul or disgusting. noisome adds a suggestion of being harmful or unwholesome as well as offensive. putrid implies particularly the sickening odor of decaying organic matter. rank suggests a strong unpleasant smell.

Mar 7, 2024 · 1. Rank. Rank is a slang term used to describe something with a strong and unpleasant smell. It is often used to refer to body odor or the smell of something rotting or decaying. For example, “I forgot to take out the trash and now the whole kitchen smells rank.”

As adjectives the difference between stinky and rank is that stinky is (slang) having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking while rank is...

As nouns the difference between stink and rank is that stink is a strong bad smell while rank is a row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"]. As an adjective rank is strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter.

The difference between Rank and Stinky. When used as adjectives, rank means strong of its kind or in character, whereas stinky means having a strong, unpleasant smell.

Aug 27, 2014 · The Etymologicon Universale says that the latin word ranco meant 'grating to the ears' and is also perhaps related to rank which to me is 'grating to the nose'.

Mar 31, 2024 · What is the main difference between rank and smelly? Rank specifically refers to an intense, often unpleasant smell due to decay or spoilage, while smelly denotes any noticeable odor, not necessarily unpleasant.

To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.

(n.) The condition or quality of being rank. Example Sentences: (1) Treatment termination due to lack of efficacy or combined insufficient therapeutic response and toxicity proved to be influenced by the initial disease activity and by the rank order of prescription.

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