Sneeze vs Snort - What's the difference?
sneeze | snort |
To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.
To expel air as if the nose were irritated.
The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
(slang) A dose of a drug to be snorted. Here, "drug" includes snuff (i.e., pulverized tobacco). A snort also may be a drink of whiskey, as "Let's have a snort".
(slang) An alcoholic drink.
* 1951 , Indiana Historical Society Publications (volumes 16-17, page 157)
To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
(slang) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
(obsolete) To snore.
* Shakespeare
As verbs the difference between sneeze and snort
is that sneeze is to expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose while snort is to make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.As nouns the difference between sneeze and snort
is that sneeze is an act of sneezing while snort is the sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.sneeze
English
Verb
Synonyms
* (to expel air as a reflex) (medicine) sternutateDerived terms
* nothing to sneeze atSynonyms
* (medicine) sternutation * (medicine) ptarmusSee also
* achoo * bless you English irregular verbssnort
English
Noun
(en noun)- Everybody tipped up the jug and took a snort of whisky and followed it with a gourd of cool water. We thought a snort of whisky now and then braced us up some and put a little more lift in us.
Verb
(en verb)- She snorted with laughter.
- to snort cocaine
- The snorting citizens.