different between smells vs stinka

English

Noun

smells

1. plural of smell

Verb

smells

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of smell

English

Noun

stinka (plural stinkas)

1. (Tyneside) Someone who smells badly, a stinker.
2. (Tyneside) Someone who is ugly or repulsive.

   How man, get off is ye propa stinka!

Anagrams

• Atkins, Tanski, astink, takins

Swedish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stinkwan?. Compare English stink, Dutch and German stinken.

Verb

stinka (present stinker, preterite stank, imperative stink)

1. (intransitive) To smell bad; to stink, reek
   • 1917 translation, the Bible, Exodus 7:18

   • 1917, Dan Andersson, Svarta Ballader, Tiggar-Stinas middagssång

   • 1926, Hjalmar Bergman, Farmor och Vår Herre

2. (intransitive) to give impression of foul play or dishonesty; to stink
   • 2000, Claes Arvidsson, Svenska Dagbladet - editor's column

3. (transitive in combination with verb particle ner) make something stink or smell bad
   • 1933, August Strindberg, Gustav Vasa

Usage notes

• The supine stunkit occurs occasionally, but has also been claimed not to exist.

Conjugation

Related terms

• stank

Anagrams

• ankist, inkast, kantis, kistan