Snudge vs Smudge - What's the difference?
snudge | smudge |
(obsolete) To lie snug or close to;
A blemish; a smear.
Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
(US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
To obscure by blurring; to smear.
To soil or smear with dirt.
To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
To stifle or smother with smoke.
(North American Indigenous) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual.
As verbs the difference between snudge and smudge
is that snudge is (obsolete|intransitive) to lie snug or close to; while smudge is to obscure by blurring; to smear.As nouns the difference between snudge and smudge
is that snudge is (obsolete) a miser; a sneaking fellow while smudge is a blemish; a smear.snudge
English
Verb
- to snudge along: to walk looking down, with an abstracted appearance.
- to snudge over the fire: to keep close to the fire.
Anagrams
*smudge
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)- There was a smudge on the paper.
- (Grose)
- (Bartlett)