Smoking vs Smudge - What's the difference?
smoking | smudge |
The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
(by extension) The burning and inhalation of other substances, e.g. marijuana.
Giving off smoke.
(slang) Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.
A blemish; a smear.
Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
(US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
To obscure by blurring; to smear.
To soil or smear with dirt.
To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
To stifle or smother with smoke.
(North American Indigenous) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual.
As nouns the difference between smoking and smudge
is that smoking is tuxedo, dinner suit while smudge is a blemish; a smear.As a verb smudge is
to obscure by blurring; to smear.smoking
English
Verb
(head)Noun
- Smoking is permitted.
Derived terms
* smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment * smoking gun * smoking jacket * smoking roomAdjective
(en adjective)- That woman is smoking !
Derived terms
* smoking gun * smoking hotsmudge
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)- There was a smudge on the paper.
- (Grose)
- (Bartlett)