In my mind, these correspond with a sign (good&#x2F;bad) and magnitude, but leave out the direction of the vector. For example, we frequently say that &quot;my dog came home reeking <i>OF</i> [skunk, deer poop, ...]&quot;. So &quot;reeking&quot; is communicating high intensity of <i>something</i> unpleasant, and we leave it to the &quot;of&quot; to specify what that strong unpleasant smell is.