Scoff vs Smirk - What's the difference?
scoff | smirk |
Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
* Shakespeare
* 1852 , The Dublin University Magazine (page 66)
An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
* Cowper
To jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision.
* Goldsmith
(British) To eat food quickly.
(South Africa) To eat.
An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied or scornful.
A forced or affected smile; a simper.
* Sir Walter Scott
(obsolete) smart; spruce; affected; simpering
* Spenser
As nouns the difference between scoff and smirk
is that scoff is derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach while smirk is an uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied or scornful.As verbs the difference between scoff and smirk
is that scoff is to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision while smirk is to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.As an adjective smirk is
smart; spruce; affected; simpering.scoff
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) scof/skof, of Scandinavian origin. Compare (etyl) skaup, Danish skuffelse(noun)/skuffe(verb) and Old High German scoph.Noun
(en noun)- With scoffs , and scorns, and contumelious taunts.
- There were sneers, and scoffs , and inuendoes of some; prophecies of failure in a hundred ways
- The scoff of withered age and beardless youth.
Synonyms
* derision, ridicule * See alsoVerb
- Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, / And fools who came to scoff , remained to pray.
Synonyms
* contemn, deride, sneerEtymology 2
From (etyl).Verb
Synonyms
* (eat quickly) (l), (l) (US)See also
* scuffsmirk
English
(wikipedia smirk)Alternative forms
*Noun
(en noun)- The bride, all smirk and blush, had just entered.
Derived terms
* smirker * smirkily * smirkingly * smirkySynonyms
* simper * shit-eating grin (vulgar)Adjective
(en adjective)- So smirk , so smooth.