Cuddle vs Hug - What's the difference?
cuddle | hug |
To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.
To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.
To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
* Prior
(obsolete) To crouch; huddle as with cold.
To cling closely together.
To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
To stay close to (the shore etc.)
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, title= (figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
* Glanvill
In intransitive terms the difference between cuddle and hug
is that cuddle is to embrace affectionately, lie together snugly while hug is to cling closely together.In transitive terms the difference between cuddle and hug
is that cuddle is to cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth while hug is to stay close to (the shore etc..cuddle
English
Verb
- The young lovers cuddled on the couch.
- She cuddled the infant before bedtime.
- I'm cold; can you roll over here and cuddle me, honey?
- She cuddles low beneath the brake; / Nor would she stay, nor dares she fly.
Derived terms
* cuddlable * cuddler * cuddlesome * cuddle up * cuddlyhug
English
(wikipedia hug)Verb
(hugg)- (Palsgrave)
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- We hug deformities if they bear our names.