Exclaim vs Snort - What's the difference?
exclaim | snort | Related terms |
(lb) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
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*:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”
(obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.
* 1635 , John Donne, "His parting form her":
The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
(slang) A dose of a drug to be snorted. Here, "drug" includes snuff (i.e., pulverized tobacco). A snort also may be a drink of whiskey, as "Let's have a snort".
(slang) An alcoholic drink.
* 1951 , Indiana Historical Society Publications (volumes 16-17, page 157)
To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
(slang) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
(obsolete) To snore.
* Shakespeare
Exclaim is a related term of snort.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between exclaim and snort
is that exclaim is (obsolete) exclamation; outcry, clamor while snort is (obsolete) to snore.As verbs the difference between exclaim and snort
is that exclaim is (lb) to cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion while snort is to make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.As nouns the difference between exclaim and snort
is that exclaim is (obsolete) exclamation; outcry, clamor while snort is the sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.exclaim
English
Alternative forms
* exclameVerb
(en verb)Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
(en noun)- Oh fortune, thou'rt not worth my least exclame [...].
snort
English
Noun
(en noun)- Everybody tipped up the jug and took a snort of whisky and followed it with a gourd of cool water. We thought a snort of whisky now and then braced us up some and put a little more lift in us.
Verb
(en verb)- She snorted with laughter.
- to snort cocaine
- The snorting citizens.
