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Sess vs Sass - What's the difference?

sess | sass |

As verbs the difference between sess and sass

is that sess is to lay a tax upon; to assess while sass is to talk, to talk back.

As nouns the difference between sess and sass

is that sess is a tax; an assessment while sass is sarcasm, backtalk, cheek.

sess

English

Verb

(es)
  • (obsolete) To lay a tax upon; to assess.

    • Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A tax; an assessment.

    • References

    * ----

    sass

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US) sarcasm, backtalk, cheek.
  • *
    • “Say — if you give me much more of your sass I’ll take and bounce a rock off’n your head.”
  • *
    • “Looky here — mind how you talk to me; I’m a-standing about all I can stand now — so don’t gimme no sass .”

    Derived terms

    * sassy

    Verb

    (es)
  • (US) To talk, to talk back.
  • *
    • “The duke he begun to abuse him for an old fool, and the king begun to sass back, and the minute they was fairly at it I lit out and shook the reefs out of my hind legs, and spun down the river road like a deer, for I see our chance; and I made up my mind that it would be a long day before they ever see me and Jim again.”
  • *
    • “But, good land! what did he want to sass back for? You see, it couldn’t do him no good, and it was just nuts for them.”