Snuffles vs Sniffles - What's the difference?
snuffles | sniffles |
(snuffle)
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
(sniffle)
English plurals
(plurale tantum, the sniffles) The symptom of a runny or congested nose accompanying a cold.
As verbs the difference between snuffles and sniffles
is that snuffles is third-person singular of snuffle while sniffles is third-person singular of sniffle.As a noun sniffles is
plural of sniffleCategory:English plurals.snuffles
English
Verb
(head)snuffle
English
Verb
(snuffl)- One clad in purple / Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme / Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.
Derived terms
* (l)sniffles
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(head)- Many people have suffered from colds, the sniffles and other childhood illnesses.
- Danny has been having the sniffles and the sneezes all week.