Sneak vs Slime - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between sneak and slime

is that sneak is (informal, especially with on) to inform an authority about another's misdemeanours; to tell tales; to grass while slime is to coat with slime.

As nouns the difference between sneak and slime

is that sneak is one who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information while slime is soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.

As verbs the difference between sneak and slime

is that sneak is to creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen while slime is to coat with slime.

As an adjective sneak

is in advance; before release to the general public.

sneak

English

Noun

(en noun)

One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.

My little brother is such a sneak - yesterday I caught him trying to look through my diary.

A cheat; a con artist; a trickster

I can't believe I gave that sneak $50 for a ticket when they were selling for $20 at the front gate.

An informer; a tell-tale.

(obsolete, cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter

Verb

To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.

He decided to sneak into the kitchen for a second cookie while his mom was on the phone.

To take something stealthily without permission.

I went to sneak a chocolate but my dad caught me.

(dated) To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.

* Wake

[Slander] sneaks its head.

(informal, especially with on) To inform an authority about another's misdemeanours; to tell tales; to grass.

If you sneak on me I'll bash you!

Usage notes

* The past and past participle snuck'' is primarily found in North American English, where it originated in the late 19th century as a dialectal form. It is still regarded as informal by some, but its use appears to be increasing in frequency and acceptability. It is occasionally found in British and Australian/Hiberno-English, too, though regarded as an American form. (See Oxford Dictionaries, ''The Cambridge Guide to English Usage'', ''Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary'', ''Webster's New World College Dictionary .) * To sneak'' (take) something is not the same as to ''steal'' something. In this sense, ''sneak'' typically implies trying to avoid a supervisor's or guardian's mild displeasure or mild discipline, while ''steal indicates a more serious action and often the person stealing does not know the owner of the item being stolen.

Derived terms

* sneaker * sneaky * sneakily * sneakiness * sneak peek * sneak preview * sneak thief * sneak away * sneak in * sneak off * sneak out * sneak up/sneak up on * sneak around

Adjective

(-)

In advance; before release to the general public.

The company gave us a sneak look at their new electronic devices.

In a stealthy or surreptitious manner.

I was able to get a sneak peek at the guest list.

Derived terms

* sneak peek * sneak preview

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slime

English

Noun

Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.

* Shakespeare

As it [the Nile] ebbs, the seedsman / Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain.

Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.

A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball.

* 2005 , G. E. Nordell, Backlot Requiem: A Rick Walker Mystery

If this guy knows who killed Robert, the right thing to do is to tell the police. If he doesn't know, really, then he's an opportunistic slime . It's still blackmail.

(figuratively, obsolete) Human flesh, seen disparagingly; mere human form.

* , II.x:

th'eternall Lord in fleshly slime / Enwombed was, from wretched Adams line / To purge away the guilt of sinfull crime [...].

(obsolete) = ((l))

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

Derived terms

* slime mold * pink slime

Synonyms

* (any substance of a dirty nature) sludge

Verb

(slim)

To coat with slime.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=7 citation , passage=‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared. […]’}}

(figuratively) To besmirch or disparage.

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