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Gavin
Are these sentences equal?
The room is suffused with a fetid odor
The room is bathed in a fetid odor
7 août 2012 08:51
Réponses · 3
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I agree with Jura. You'd use "suffused with/bathed in" for pleasant experiences. The use here has a very sarcastic tone. If sarcasm wasn't your intention, then the sentence looks plain silly.
If you check the etymologies of "suffusion" and "bath", you'll see the imagery is quite different.
7 août 2012
1
They have the same meaning but suffused would be a slightly better choice, the reason for this is that bathed is a slightly positive word, while fetid is definitely a negative word. Suffused is more neutral and you could say that the room is suffused with a good odour or a bad.
The difference between them is very small though.
7 août 2012
1
No. You can say that " the room is full of a fetid odour" or more simply " The room stinks" /smells terrible
7 août 2012
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Gavin
Compétences linguistiques
Chinois (cantonais), Anglais
Langue étudiée
Anglais
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