Snort vs Gruntle - What's the difference?
snort | gruntle |
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
(obsolete) To utter small, low grunts.
(obsolete) To complain; to grumble
(humorous) To humour; to induce the opposite effect of causing a person to become disgruntled.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between snort and gruntle
is that snort is (obsolete) to snore while gruntle is (obsolete) to complain; to grumble.As nouns the difference between snort and gruntle
is that snort is the sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose while gruntle is a grunting sound.As verbs the difference between snort and gruntle
is that snort is to make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose while gruntle is (obsolete) to utter small, low grunts or gruntle can be (humorous) to humour; to induce the opposite effect of causing a person to become disgruntled.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.
