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Mugger vs Smugger - What's the difference?

mugger | smugger |

As a noun mugger

is a street robber or mugger can be a large crocodile crocodilus palustris of southwest asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.

As an adjective smugger is

(smug).

mugger

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A street robber.
  • A person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance; a gurner.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large crocodile Crocodilus palustris of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.

    • smugger

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (smug)

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    smug

    English

    Adjective

    (smugger)
  • Irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied.
    • Kate looked extremely smug this morning.
  • (obsolete) Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
  • * Robynson (More's Utopia)
    • They be so smug and smooth.
  • * De Quincey
    • the smug and scanty draperies of his style
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • A young, smug , handsome holiness has no fellow.

    Synonyms

    * self-satisfied * complacent

    Derived terms

    * smugly * smugness

    Verb

    (smugg)
  • (obsolete) To make smug, or spruce.
  • * Dryton
    • Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair.
    (Webster 1913)

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