Scoffed vs Scuffed - What's the difference?
scoffed | scuffed |
(scoff)
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.
referring to something that has been scratched or marked by contact with another object
As verbs the difference between scoffed and scuffed
is that scoffed is past tense of scoff while scuffed is past participle of lang=en.As an adjective scuffed is
referring to something that has been scratched or marked by contact with another object.scoffed
English
Verb
(head)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
* scuffscuffed
English
Verb
(head)- I scuffed my shoe on the door.
Adjective
(en adjective)- I bought a scuffed skateboard from a second-hand store.