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Harrumph vs Snort - What's the difference?

harrumph | snort |

As nouns the difference between harrumph and snort

is that harrumph is while snort is the sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.

As verbs the difference between harrumph and snort

is that harrumph is while snort is to make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.

As an interjection harrumph

is .

harrumph

English

Interjection

(en interjection)

    • Noun

    (en noun)

    • Verb

    (en verb)

    • snort

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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)
    • 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)
  • To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
    • She snorted with laughter.
  • (slang) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
    • to snort cocaine
  • (obsolete) To snore.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The snorting citizens.