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Huff vs Singh - What's the difference?

huff | singh |

As proper nouns the difference between huff and singh

is that huff is while singh is a gujarati surname that was later adopted by sikhs.

huff

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
  • With a huff , he lifted the box onto the back of the truck.
  • An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
  • Freyja left in a huff .
  • (obsolete) A boaster; one swelled with a false sense of value or importance.
  • Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge of wit. — South.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To breathe heavily.
  • The run left him huffing and puffing.
  • To inhale psychoactive inhalants.
  • To say in a huffy manner.
  • (draughts) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).
  • To enlarge; to swell up.
  • Bread huffs .
  • To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
  • * South
  • This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of repentance.
  • To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke rudely; to hector; to bully.
  • * Echard
  • You must not presume to huff us.
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    singh

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A Gujarati surname that was later adopted by Sikhs
  • used by Sikhs, often but not necessarily a middle name.
  • A surname common among the Rajput clan from Rajasthan, India
  • A surname common among the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in India