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Snoring vs Stertor - What's the difference?

snoring | stertor |

As nouns the difference between snoring and stertor

is that snoring is the action or sound of breathing during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate while stertor is the act of heavy snoring.

As a verb snoring

is present participle of lang=en.

snoring

English

(wikipedia snoring)

Noun

  • The action or sound of breathing during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
    • His snoring was so loud that it woke the neighbors.
  • * E. E. Cummings
    • Then he asked if anyone wanted to dispute this assertion (he brandishing his revolver the while) and was answered by peaceful snorings .

    Verb

    (head)

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    stertor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of heavy snoring.
  • A heavy snoring sound.

    • Related terms

    * stertorous * stertorously

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