| NOUN | cognition | sense of smell, smell, olfaction, olfactory modality | the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents |
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| Meaning | The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents. | |
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| Synonyms | smell, olfaction, olfactory modality | |
| Narrower | nose | The sense of smell (especially in animals) |
| Broader | exteroception | sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body |
| modality, sense modality, sensory system | A particular sense | |