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Snort vs Neigh - What's the difference?

snort | neigh |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between snort and neigh

is that snort is (obsolete) to snore while neigh is (obsolete) to scoff or sneer.

As nouns the difference between snort and neigh

is that snort is the sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose while neigh is the cry of a horse.

As verbs the difference between snort and neigh

is that snort is to make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose while neigh is (of a horse) to make its cry.

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.

    neigh

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The cry of a horse.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of a horse) to make its cry
  • to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
    • This fake laughter sounds like a horse neighing .
  • (obsolete) To scoff or sneer.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • neighed at his nakedness

    See also

    * whinny * nicker

    Anagrams

    * English words not following the I before E except after C rule