Derision vs Sneer - What's the difference?
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Act of treating with disdain.
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To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn
To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.
A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
A display of contempt; scorn.
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As nouns the difference between derision and sneer
is that derision is act of treating with disdain while sneer is a facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.As a verb sneer is
to raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.derision
English
Noun
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- There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed.
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English
Verb
(en verb)- to sneer fulsome lies at a person
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=It was a casual sneer , obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}