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Snoot vs Snoof - What's the difference?

snoot | snoof |

As a noun snoot

is (slang) nose.

As an adjective snoof is

having lost the sense of smell.

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

    Related terms

    * snootful * snooty

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    snoof

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having lost the sense of smell.
  • * 1955. John Galsworthy. A Modern Comedy. C. Scribner's sons, p. 799:
    • Luckily, they're all `snoof.`'''" "What?" said Michael ... One says 'deaf,' 'blind,' 'dumb'—why not '''`snoof` ?"
  • * 1966. By Monroe C. Beardsley. Thinking Straight; Principles of Reasoning for Readers and Writers. By Monroe C. Beardsley. Prentice-Hall, p. 292:
    • And the word "snoof " has been brought forth (by an analogy with "deaf") to describe someone who is devoid of, or deficient in, the sense of smell.
  • * 1994. Diana Starr Cooper. Night After Night. Island Press, p. 127:
    • My mother-in-law, Louise Field Cooper, used the word snoof''' to convey some of this meaning, as in “he has such a bad cold he's gone totally '''snoof .

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