Smerk vs Smirk - What's the difference?
smerk | smirk |
(obsolete) smart; jaunty; spruce
* Spenser
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
In obsolete terms the difference between smerk and smirk
is that smerk is smart; jaunty; spruce while smirk is smart; spruce; affected; simpering.smerk
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- So smerk , so smooth, his pricked ears.
Synonyms
* smerky (Webster 1913)smirk
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.