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Snug vs Abut - What's the difference?

snug | abut |

As verbs the difference between snug and abut

is that snug is to make secure or snug while abut is to touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent; to project; to terminate; to be contiguous; to meet, of an estate, country, etc .

As a noun snug

is (british) a small, comfortable back room in a pub.

As an adjective snug

is comfortable; cosy (cozy); satisfactory.

snug

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British) A small, comfortable back room in a pub.
  • (engineering) A lug.

    • Related terms

    * lounge bar * public bar * saloon bar * vault

    Adjective

    (snugger)
  • Comfortable; cosy (cozy); satisfactory.
  • * 1853 , Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener'', in ''Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories'', New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as ''Bartleby , ISBN 0146000129, page 2:
    • I am one of those unambitious lawyers who never addresses a jury, or in any way draws down public applause; but, in the cool tranquillity of a snug' retreat, do a ' snug business among rich men's bonds, and mortgages, and title-deeds.
  • Close-fitting.
  • Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
  • * Jonathan Swift:
    • Lie snug , and hear what critics say.

    Derived terms

    * snugly * snug as a bug in a rug

    Synonyms

    * cosy (cozy)

    Related terms

    * snuggle * snuggly

    Verb

  • To make secure or snug.
  • * 1967 , edition, ISBN 0553025171, page 15:
    • He snugged his Gun into its tunic holster, checked the scope on his Follower and left the room.
  • To snuggle or nestle.

    • Anagrams

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    abut

    English

    Alternative forms

    * abutt

    Verb

    (abutt)
  • To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent; to project; to terminate; to be contiguous; to meet, of an estate, country, etc.
    • It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.
    His land abuts on the road.
  • To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.
  • To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to; to support by an abutment.

    • Usage notes

    * (estate or country) Followed by any of the following words: upon', '''on''' or (obsolete) ' to . * (building) Followed by any of the following words: upon', '''on''', or ' against .

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