different between stench vs tench

English

Etymology

From Middle English stench, from Old English sten? (“stench, odor, fragrance”), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (“smell, fragrance, odor”), from Proto-Indo-European *steng?- (“to push, thrust”). Cognate with Dutch stank (“stench, odor”), German Stank, Gestank (“stench, odor, smell”), Danish stank (“stench”), Swedish stank (“stench”), Icelandic stækja (“stench”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Noun

stench (plural stenches)

1. a strong foul smell; a stink.
2. (figuratively) A foul quality.

3. (obsolete) A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.

Synonyms

• (disagreeable smell): stink, pong (Commonwealth)

Antonyms

• (disagreeable smell): aroma, fragrance, perfume

Derived terms

• stenchy

Translations

Verb

stench (third-person singular simple present stenches, present participle stenching, simple past and past participle stenched)

1. (obsolete) To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
   • 1729, Edmund Young, Imperium Pelagi

     Dead bards stench every coast

2. To stanch.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• stunch, stinnch, stenche, stynche, stinche, stænc

Etymology

From Old English sten?, from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz. Conflated with Old English styn?, from Proto-Germanic *stunkwiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?nt?/, /stint?/, /stunt?/

Noun

stench (plural stenches)

1. A stench; a displeasing or repulsive smell.
2. Something which causes or has such a repulsive smell.
3. The smell of the fires of hell (thought to be of sulphur)
4. The smell or odour of sinfulness or iniquity.
5. (rare, Early Middle English) A smell or scent (good or bad).

Derived terms

• stenchen

Descendants

• English: stench
• Scots: stench, stinch

References

• “stench, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-24.

English

Etymology

From Middle English tenche, from Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?nt??/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Noun

tench (plural tench or tenches)

1. A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.

Translations

Further reading

• tench at OneLook Dictionary Search