Sake vs Smake - What's the difference?
sake | smake |
Cause, interest or account.
* For the sake of argument
Purpose or end; reason.
* For old times' sake
The benefit or regard of someone or something.
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(obsolete except in phrases) Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.
* And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. — Genesis 3:17
(countable and uncountable) Rice wine, a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.
To smack; taste.
*1882 , Bricktop, The trip of the Sardine Club :
* 1893 , Margaret Sidney, Five little Peppers Midway :
* 1918 , Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.), Locomotive engineers journal :
*1922 , Lucy Fox Robins Lang, Mrs. Lucy Robins, War Shadows :
* 2001 , James Joyce, Dubliners :
A smack; taste; scent.
* 1831 , Congressional edition:
* 1856 , Edward Augustus Bond, Giles Fletcher, Sir Jerome Horsey, Russia at the close of the sixteenth century :
As nouns the difference between sake and smake
is that sake is cause, interest or account while smake is a smack; taste; scent.As a verb smake is
to smack; taste.sake
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at soke, soken, seek.Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake , and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.}}
- But it will be for your sake that we'll undertake to refute this thesis,
Usage notes
* The word sake is generally used in constructions of the form "for X's sake" or "for the sake of X", where X is a noun. (See the quotations above, for sake of, and for the sake of.) * Garner's Modern American Usage'' notes it is common to write an apostrophe rather than apostrophe–ess in this construction when the noun ends in an /s/ or /z/ sound: ''for appearance' sake, for goodness' sake .Derived terms
* for Christ’s sake * for fuck's sake * for God’s sake * for heaven’s sake * for sake of * for the sake of * for the sake of it * keepsakeEtymology 2
From (etyl) , any alcoholic drink.Alternative forms
* ', ' sakiNoun
(en noun) (wikipedia)Synonyms
* rice wineSee also
* awamori * shochuStatistics
*smake
English
Verb
(smak)- Even Bill Bitters could not find it in his heart to say a word against this moisture, and he actually smaked his lips, although he turned away lest someone should see him do it.
- Now, that's good," smaking his lips in a pleased way.
- He smaked his lips in anticipation of the coming treat.
- It is not a nice place to look at, rough you know,” he smiled, and his right eye winked at Frayne: “But the corned beef and cabbage, and the waffles. Mm!” He smaked his lips with desire.
- "And what about the address to the King?" said Mr. Lyons, after drinking and smaking his lips.
Noun
(en noun)- The 15th we came to Hatorask, in thirty-six degrees and a terse, at four fadom, three leagues from the shore, where we might perceive a smake at the place where I left the colony, 1587."
- A smake there is in other things, but small purpose.