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Snorting vs Sporting - What's the difference?

snorting | sporting |

As verbs the difference between snorting and sporting

is that snorting is while sporting is .

As nouns the difference between snorting and sporting

is that snorting is a snort sound or action while sporting is the act of taking part in a sport.

As an adjective sporting is

(not comparable) pertaining to sports.

snorting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A snort sound or action.
    • Gaining the more open water, the bracing breeze waxed fresh; the little Moss tossed the quick foam from her bows, as a young colt his snortings .'' — Herman Melville, ''Moby-Dick .

    sporting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (more)
  • (not comparable) Pertaining to sports
    • He got a job in a sporting goods store.
  • (comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.
    • Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.
  • (comparable) Having a reasonable chance of success.
    • You think he has a sporting chance? I wouldn't call even him a long shot!
  • (comparable) Fair, generous; ‘game’.
    • It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.

    Derived terms

    * sporting goods * sporting house * sporting chance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of taking part in a sport.
  • * (Philip Schaff)