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Snarling vs Sparling - What's the difference?

snarling | sparling |

As nouns the difference between snarling and sparling

is that snarling is the act of producing a snarl or growl while sparling is the European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).

As an adjective snarling

is growling, having a snarl.

As a verb snarling

is present participle of lang=en.

snarling

English

Adjective

(head)
  • growling, having a snarl.
    • The snarling dog scared me away without ever opening its mouth and without making enough noise to wake the household.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of producing a snarl or growl.
  • * 1906 , Jack London, White Fang
    • When dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat — snarlings and bristlings and stiff-legged struttings. But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries.

    Verb

    (head)

    • sparling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus ).
  • A young salmon.
  • (UK, Scotland, dialect) A tern.
    • (Webster 1913)