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Narrator: Today's word is "Scent" — noun, pronounced /sent/, with the stress on "scent".
Narrator: A scent is a pleasant smell, or a perfume.
Narrator: In plain English, it is a nice smell.
Narrator: It comes from Latin sentire, to feel or perceive.
Narrator: A common collocation is "the scent of roses", which describes a flowery smell.
Narrator: It differs from "odour", because odour is often unpleasant, while scent is usually pleasant.
Narrator: In a second sense, dogs follow a scent trail, and "on the scent" means close to finding something.
Narrator: Perfume, gardening, hunting and marketing all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: scent is a pleasant or tracking smell.
Speaker A: What's that lovely smell in the garden?
Speaker B: The SCENT of honeysuckle! From Latin sentire, to perceive.
Speaker A: Strongest in the evening?
Speaker B: Always at dusk.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "She wore a floral scent", perfume. "The dog picked up the scent", tracking. "Police were on the scent", investigation.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Do not confuse scent with "sent" or "cent", which sound the same.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Fragrance is its cousin, aroma its twin, and perfume an alternative — yet scent keeps its fragrant charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "scent" in AI prompts — useful for product descriptions and spell checks.
Speaker A: How for products?
Speaker B: Describe smells.
Prompt: Write a candle description with top, middle and base scent notes.
Speaker A: And spelling?
Speaker B: Homophones.
Prompt: Check this text for scent, sent and cent mix-ups.
Speaker A: Could it help gardening?
Speaker B: Yes, for planting.
Prompt: Suggest plants with strong evening scent for a patio.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Retail.
Prompt: Create a quiz that helps shoppers choose a perfume scent they will like.
Scent — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary