Hiccup vs Sneeze - What's the difference?
hiccup | sneeze |
A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
(by extension) Any spasm or sudden change.
* 2010 , Oli Smith, Nuclear Time (page 197)
A minor setback.
To have the hiccups.
To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.
To expel air as if the nose were irritated.
As nouns the difference between hiccup and sneeze
is that hiccup is a spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound while sneeze is an act of sneezing.As verbs the difference between hiccup and sneeze
is that hiccup is to have the hiccups while sneeze is to expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.hiccup
English
(wikipedia hiccup)Alternative forms
* hickup * hiccough (old-fashioned)Noun
(en noun)- There was a loud hiccup from the back of the room and the class erupted in laughter.
- Albert didn't notice the switch, the subliminal flash and hiccup in time as the man he had been talking to only seconds before was catapulted backwards half an hour.
- There's been a slight hiccup in the processing of this quarter's results