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Beamed vs Smirk - What's the difference?

beamed | smirk |

As verbs the difference between beamed and smirk

is that beamed is (beam) while smirk is to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.

As adjectives the difference between beamed and smirk

is that beamed is furnished with beams or timbers while smirk is (obsolete) smart; spruce; affected; simpering.

As a noun smirk is

an uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied or scornful.

beamed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (beam)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Furnished with beams or timbers.
    • a beamed ceiling
  • Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Tost his beamed frontlet to the sky.

    smirk

    English

    (wikipedia smirk)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied or scornful.
  • A forced or affected smile; a simper.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • The bride, all smirk and blush, had just entered.

    Derived terms

    * smirker * smirkily * smirkingly * smirky

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.

    • Synonyms

    * simper * shit-eating grin (vulgar)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) smart; spruce; affected; simpering
  • * Spenser
    • So smirk , so smooth.