Snort vs Chuff - What's the difference?
snort | chuff |
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)
To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
(slang) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
(obsolete) To snore.
* Shakespeare
To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.
* 1912 , Katherine Mansfield, "The Woman At The Store", Selected Short Stories
* 1928 , D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
* 1990 , John Updike, Rabbit at Rest
(British, informal) To break wind.
(scriptwriting, uncountable) Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot.
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In slang|lang=en terms the difference between snort and chuff
is that snort is (slang) to inhale (usually a drug) through the nose while chuff is (slang) to purposefully fail a standardized test in a conspicuous way.In lang=en terms the difference between snort and chuff
is that snort is to make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose while chuff is to make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between snort and chuff
is that snort is (obsolete) to snore while chuff is (obsolete) swollen with fat.As nouns the difference between snort and chuff
is that snort is the sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose while chuff is a coarse or stupid fellow or chuff can be (scriptwriting|uncountable) superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot or chuff can be the vagina.As verbs the difference between snort and chuff
is that snort is to make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose while chuff is (slang) to purposefully fail a standardized test in a conspicuous way or chuff can be to make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.As an adjective chuff is
(british) surly or chuff can be (british) pleased.snort
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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)- She snorted with laughter.
- to snort cocaine
- The snorting citizens.
chuff
English
Etymology 1
15th century, dialectical, in noun sense “stupid fellow”. Adjective sense “surly, displeased” from 1832.Synonyms
* (surly) chuffy * (swollen) chuffyEtymology 2
Onomatopoeic. English onomatopoeias Compare chug and puff.Verb
(en verb)- The horses stumbled along, coughing and chuffing .
- ... and the small lit up train that chuffed past in the cutting made it seem like real night.
- The pigeons chuff and chortle off in indignant disappointment.
Noun
(-)Etymology 3
1520s, in sense “swollen with fat”; circa 1860, British dialect, in sense “pleased”. Possibly related to “coarse, stupid, fat-headed” sense.Derived terms
* (pleased) chuffedReferences
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