Cuddle vs Kiss - What's the difference?
cuddle | kiss | Related terms |
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
(lb) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to express love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:Hekissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, / That at the parting all the church echoed.
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*:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ΒΆ, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
(lb) To touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:Like fire and powder, / Which as they kiss consume.
* (1809-1892)
*:Rose, rose and clematis, / Trail and twine and clasp and kiss .
(lb) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
(lb) To mark a cross (X) after one's name on a card, etc.
A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message.
A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See (w, Hershey's Kisses).
Cuddle is a related term of kiss.
As a noun cuddle
is a snuggle; an affectionate embrace, often given to family members and close friends.As a verb cuddle
is to embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.As a phrase kiss is
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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.
