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Snuffer vs Sniffer - What's the difference?

snuffer | sniffer |

As nouns the difference between snuffer and sniffer

is that snuffer is a device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle (candlesnuffer) while sniffer is (informal) one who sniffs.

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.

    • sniffer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) One who sniffs.
  • (informal) The nose.
  • (computing) A mechanism for intercepting and logging network traffic.

    • Derived terms

    * packet sniffer * petrol sniffer * sniffer dog * sniffer plane ----