enotation is essentially a word's dictionary definition. Connotation refers to the "emotional content" of a word. Two words can have the same denotation but have different connotations, one positive and the other negative, for instance.

Consider the following ten words:

Aroma

Stink

Smell

Stench

Bouquet

Odor

Scent

Fragrance

Reek

Perfume

These ten words all have the same or similar denotation, but vastly different connotations.

Choose one of your peers' posts and respond by addressing the following:

• How similar was their ranking of the list of words to your ranking?
• Do you agree with how they see the connotations of these words? Why or why not?
• Where are there differences, and why?
• Do you agree with how they see the connotations of their own collection of words with similar denotations? Why or why not?

Post

PositiveConnotationNegative ConnotationNeutral Connotation

Aroma ReekSmell

Perfume OdorScent

Fragrance Stink

Bouquet Stench

In the positive connotations to me, they are all positive words.

In the negative connotations, I believe that odor is more positivethan the rest.

In the neutral connotations, both smell and scent can be used as a negative or positive. It all just depends on the context in which they are used.

Three other words that have similar dentitions are hunger, hungry, and famished. However, their connotationsare different. Ways that thesewords are used differently are I am famished. I hunger for more knowledge. And I am hungry for sweets. The connotation for each is similar but it depends on the context and how someone perceiveswhat is being said.