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Scug vs Snug - What's the difference?

scug | snug |

As nouns the difference between scug and snug

is that scug is (scottish) shade, shadow while snug is (british) a small, comfortable back room in a pub.

As verbs the difference between scug and snug

is that scug is (scottish|transitive) to shelter; to protect while snug is to make secure or snug.

As an adjective snug is

comfortable; cosy (cozy); satisfactory.

scug

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Scottish) shade, shadow.
  • (Scottish) a shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill).
  • (dated, slang) A lower-school or inferior boy.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1881 , author=C. E. Pascoe , title=Everyday Life in our Public Schools , chapter= , url= , isbn= , page=312 , passage= Scug , Et[on]. Har[row]. Negatively, a boy who is not distinguished in person, in games, or social qualities. Positively, a boy of untidy, dirty, or ill-mannered habits; one whose sense of propriety is not fully developed.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1969 , author=Ralph G. Martin , title=Jennie: the Life of Lady Randolph Churchill: The romantic years, 1854-1895 , publisher=Prentice-Hall , url= , isbn= , page=54 , passage=A scug' was an untidy, ill-mannered , and morally undeveloped boy, a shirker at games, bumptious and arrogant. If not naturally vicious, a ' scug was considered degenerate.}}

    Verb

  • (Scottish) To shelter; to protect.
  • (Scottish) To hide; to take shelter.

    • snug

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A small, comfortable back room in a pub.
  • (engineering) A lug.

    • Related terms

    * lounge bar * public bar * saloon bar * vault

    Adjective

    (snugger)
  • Comfortable; cosy (cozy); satisfactory.
  • * 1853 , Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener'', in ''Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories'', New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as ''Bartleby , ISBN 0146000129, page 2:
    • I am one of those unambitious lawyers who never addresses a jury, or in any way draws down public applause; but, in the cool tranquillity of a snug' retreat, do a ' snug business among rich men's bonds, and mortgages, and title-deeds.
  • Close-fitting.
  • Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
  • * Jonathan Swift:
    • Lie snug , and hear what critics say.

    Derived terms

    * snugly * snug as a bug in a rug

    Synonyms

    * cosy (cozy)

    Related terms

    * snuggle * snuggly

    Verb

  • To make secure or snug.
  • * 1967 , edition, ISBN 0553025171, page 15:
    • He snugged his Gun into its tunic holster, checked the scope on his Follower and left the room.
  • To snuggle or nestle.

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