Snivel vs Snuffle - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between snivel and snuffle

is that snivel is to breathe heavily through the nose; to sniffle while snuffle is to sniff with the nose loudly and audibly.

is that snivel is the act of snivelling while snuffle is an act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.

To breathe heavily through the nose; to sniffle.

To whine or complain, whilst crying.

(Sir Walter Scott)

* sniffle * See also

(en noun)

the act of snivelling

nasal mucus; snot

* sniveller * snivelling

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(snuffl)

to sniff with the nose loudly and audibly.

To sniff or smell something very loudly.

To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

* Dryden

One clad in purple / Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme / Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.

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(en noun)

An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly