Sniff vs Rigid - What's the difference?
sniff | rigid |
An instance of sniffing.
A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose
A brief perception
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 3
, author=Chris Bevan
, title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham
, work=BBC Sport
(ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as if to smell something.
To say something while sniffing, for example in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
To perceive vaguely
To be dismissive or contemptuous of something.
(computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
(slang, UK) To inhale drugs in powder form (usually cocaine) through the nose.
Stiff, rather than flexible.
Fixed, rather than moving.
* 2011 ,David Foster Wallace, The Pale King ,Penguin Books, page 5:
Rigorous and unbending.
Uncompromising.
As a noun sniff
is an instance of sniffing.As a verb sniff
is (ambitransitive) to make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as if to smell something.As an adjective rigid is
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English
Noun
(en noun)- She gave the flowers a quick sniff to check they were real.
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Verb
(en verb)- The dog sniffed around the park, searching for a nice scent.
- I sniffed the meat to see if it hadn't gone off.
- "He's never coming back, is he?" she sniffed while looking at a picture of him.
- I can sniff trouble coming from the basement.
Derived terms
* sniff testrigid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A sunflower, four more, one bowed, and horses in the distance standing rigid and still as toys.