In my mind, these correspond with a sign (good/bad) and magnitude, but leave out the direction of the vector. For example, we frequently say that "my dog came h

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