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Snuffer vs Scuffer - What's the difference?

snuffer | scuffer |

As nouns the difference between snuffer and scuffer

is that snuffer is a device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle (candlesnuffer) while scuffer is someone who scuffs his feet.

snuffer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle (candlesnuffer).
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers , you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup.
  • A person who uses snuff.
  • The common porpoise.

    • scuffer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • someone who scuffs his feet
  • (slang, British) (Victorian era, London) a policeman