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Snifter vs Snuffer - What's the difference?

snifter | snuffer |

As nouns the difference between snifter and snuffer

is that snifter is a small alcoholic drink while snuffer is a device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle (candlesnuffer).

snifter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small alcoholic drink.
  • * 1917 , , The Oakdale Affair , ch. 1:
    • "I guess you're a regular all right. Here, have a snifter ?" and he pulled a flask from his side pocket, holding it toward The Oskaloosa Kid.
  • A pear-shaped glass for drinking brandy or other alcoholic beverages.
  • * 2003 Jan. 20, " Getting Saucy," Time :
    • [H]e springs to another wooden vat and turns a valve, filling a snifter with a warm amber liquid. . . . Bang holds the liquid up to the light, swirls it around, takes a sniff of the pungent bouquet, puts the glass to his lips—and gives a satisfied smile.

    Synonyms

    * dram, nip, slug, tot

    snuffer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle (candlesnuffer).
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers , you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup.
  • A person who uses snuff.
  • The common porpoise.