Smack vs Splash - What's the difference?
smack | splash |
A distinct flavor.
A slight trace of something; a smattering.
* 1883 ,
(slang) Heroin.
To indicate or suggest something.
* Shakespeare
To have a particular taste.
A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a .
A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
A loud kiss.
* Shakespeare
A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
To slap someone, or to make a smacking sound.
* (Benjamin Disraeli)
(New Zealand) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (US spank)
To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
* 1763 , Robert Lloyd, “A Familiar Epistle” in St. James Magazine :
To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
(onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
A small amount of liquid.
A small amount (of color).
A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
An impact or impression.
splash screen
* 2008 , Ron Carswell, Heidi Webb, Guide to Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Virtual Server 2005
To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
* 1990 October 28, , Warner Bros.
To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
to hit or expel liquid at
To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.
To spend (money)
To launch a ship.
* 1999 David M. Kennedy, "Victory at Sea"'', Atlantic Monthly, March 1999:
As nouns the difference between smack and splash
is that smack is a distinct flavor or smack can be a small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a or smack can be a sharp blow; a slap see also: spank while splash is (onomatopoeia) the sound made by an object hitting a liquid.As verbs the difference between smack and splash
is that smack is to indicate or suggest something or smack can be to slap someone, or to make a smacking sound while splash is to hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.As an adverb smack
is as if with a smack or slap.smack
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) smac, smak, smacke, from (etyl) . More at smake, smatch.Noun
(en noun)- He was not sailorly, and yet he had a smack of the sea about him too.
Derived terms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.
- All sects, all ages, smack of this vice.
Derived terms
* smack ofEtymology 2
From (etyl) smack (Low German .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From or akin to (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)- a clamorous smack
Verb
(en verb)- A horse neighed, and a whip smacked , there was a whistle, and the sound of a cart wheel.
- But when, obedient to the mode / Of panegyric, courtly ode / The bard bestrides, his annual hack, / In vain I taste, and sip and smack , / I find no flavour of the Sack.
Derived terms
* smack-dabAnagrams
* ----splash
English
Noun
(es)- I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.
- Add the tomato purée and cook for a further 4-5 minutes. Add a splash of whisky to the pan, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to deglaze. -
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- I felt a splash of rain so put up my hood.
- I felt a splash of water on my leg as the car drove into the nearby puddle.
- The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful
- There was a visible splash on his pants after he went to the bathroom.
- The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.
- When the splash appears with Please wait, wait for Windows to start configuration.
Synonyms
* plashVerb
(es)- sit and splash in the bathtub
- I know the reason I feel so blessed / My heart still splashes inside my chest
- water splashed everywhere
- The children were splashing each other playfully in the sea.
- When she comes in the door, splash her with perfume.
- The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.
- After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike.
- In the two years following Midway, Japanese shipyards managed to splash only six additional fleet carriers. The United States in the same period added seventeen, along with ten medium carriers and eighty-six escort carriers.
