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Snort vs Bellow - What's the difference?

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Snort is a related term of bellow.


As nouns the difference between snort and bellow

is that snort is the sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose while bellow is the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.

As verbs the difference between snort and bellow

is that snort is to make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose while bellow is to make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.

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.

    bellow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
  • * Dryden
  • the bellowing voice of boiling seas
  • To shout in a deep voice.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012
  • , date=May 13 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.}}

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