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Snored vs Snorted - What's the difference?

snored | snorted |

As verbs the difference between snored and snorted

is that snored is past tense of snore while snorted is past tense of snort.

snored

English

Verb

(head)
  • (snore)

    • Anagrams

    * * *

    snore

    English

    Verb

  • To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.

    • Synonyms

    * saw wood

    Derived terms

    * snorer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
  • (informal) An extremely boring person or event.

    • Synonyms

    * snoozefest (2) * snorefest (2)

    Anagrams

    * English intransitive verbs

    snorted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (snort)

    • Anagrams

    *

    snort

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
  • (slang) A dose of a drug to be snorted. Here, "drug" includes snuff (i.e., pulverized tobacco). A snort also may be a drink of whiskey, as "Let's have a snort".
  • (slang) An alcoholic drink.
  • * 1951 , Indiana Historical Society Publications (volumes 16-17, page 157)
    • Everybody tipped up the jug and took a snort of whisky and followed it with a gourd of cool water. We thought a snort of whisky now and then braced us up some and put a little more lift in us.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
    • She snorted with laughter.
  • (slang) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
    • to snort cocaine
  • (obsolete) To snore.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The snorting citizens.