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Snide vs Snarker - What's the difference?

snide | snarker |

As nouns the difference between snide and snarker

is that snide is an underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a beat while snarker is one who makes snide remarks.

As an adjective snide

is disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.

snide

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
    • Don't make snide remarks to me.
  • Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.
    • He was a snide lawyer.
    I received a shipment of snide goods.

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a beat.

    • Anagrams

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    snarker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who makes snide remarks.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 22, author=Walter Kirn, title=Insult as Injury, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Sarah Silverman escapes unscathed, while Penn Jillette, an avowed libertarian who entertains mostly in Las Vegas nowadays, and Sarah Palin , an avowed big-game hunter who’s safely tucked away up north somewhere, are portrayed as snarkers par excellence.}}