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Snort vs Snuffle - What's the difference?

snort | snuffle |

In lang=en terms the difference between snort and snuffle

is that snort is to make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose while snuffle is to speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

As nouns the difference between snort and snuffle

is that snort is the sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose while snuffle is an act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.

As verbs the difference between snort and snuffle

is that snort is to make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose while snuffle is to sniff with the nose loudly and audibly.

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.

    snuffle

    English

    Verb

    (snuffl)
  • to sniff with the nose loudly and audibly.
  • To sniff or smell something very loudly.
  • To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
  • * Dryden
  • One clad in purple / Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme / Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly