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Sake vs Smake - What's the difference?

sake | smake |

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)
  • 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.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1897, author=
  • , title= , chapter=1 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.}}
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
  • But it will be for your sake that we'll undertake to refute this thesis,
  • (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
  • 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 * keepsake

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , any alcoholic drink.

    Alternative forms

    * ', ' saki

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia)
  • (countable and uncountable) Rice wine, a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.
  • Synonyms
    * rice wine

    See also

    * awamori * shochu

    Statistics

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    smake

    English

    Verb

    (smak)
  • To smack; taste.
  • *1882 , Bricktop, The trip of the Sardine Club :
  • 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.
  • * 1893 , Margaret Sidney, Five little Peppers Midway :
  • Now, that's good," smaking his lips in a pleased way.
  • * 1918 , Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.), Locomotive engineers journal :
  • He smaked his lips in anticipation of the coming treat.
  • *1922 , Lucy Fox Robins Lang, Mrs. Lucy Robins, War Shadows :
  • 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.
  • * 2001 , James Joyce, Dubliners :
  • "And what about the address to the King?" said Mr. Lyons, after drinking and smaking his lips.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A smack; taste; scent.
  • * 1831 , Congressional edition:
  • 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."
  • * 1856 , Edward Augustus Bond, Giles Fletcher, Sir Jerome Horsey, Russia at the close of the sixteenth century :
  • A smake there is in other things, but small purpose.
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