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Snoot vs Muzzle - What's the difference?

snoot | muzzle |

As nouns the difference between snoot and muzzle

is that snoot is (slang) nose while muzzle is the protruding part of many animal's head which includes nose, mouth and jaws; snout.

As a verb muzzle is

to bind or confine an animal's mouth by putting a muzzle, as to prevent it from eating or biting.

snoot

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) Nose
  • (theater) A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a spotlight to restrict spill light.
  • Synonyms

    * (nose) schnozz, schnozzola

    Anagrams

    * ----

    muzzle

    English

    (wikipedia)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The protruding part of many animal's head which includes nose, mouth and jaws; snout
  • The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from as opposed to the breech.
  • A device used to prevent animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.
  • (chiefly, Scotland) A piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached; bridle
  • (obsolete, historical) An openwork covering for the nose, used for the defense of the horse, and forming part of the bards in the 15th and 16th centuries.
  • Derived terms

    * muzzle blast * muzzle brake * muzzle compensator * muzzle energy * muzzleloader * muzzleloading * muzzle velocity

    Verb

    (muzzl)
  • To bind or confine an animal's mouth by putting a muzzle, as to prevent it from eating or biting.
  • * Bible, Deuteronomy xxv. 4
  • Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
  • (figuratively) To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); gag, silence, censor.
  • * 1919 , :
  • Man is brow-beaten, leashed, muzzled , masked, and lashed by boards and councils, by leagues and societies, by church and state.
  • (obsolete) To veil, mask, muffle.
  • (obsolete) To fondle with the closed mouth; to nuzzle.
  • (rfquotek, L'Estrange)
  • To bring the muzzle or mouth near.
  • * (rfdate) Sir R. L'Estrange
  • The bear muzzles and smells to him.

    Derived terms

    * muzzler

    References

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