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Comforting vs Snug - What's the difference?

comforting | snug |

As adjectives the difference between comforting and snug

is that comforting is giving comfort while snug is comfortable; cosy (cozy); satisfactory.

As verbs the difference between comforting and snug

is that comforting is while snug is to make secure or snug.

As nouns the difference between comforting and snug

is that comforting is the act of giving comfort while snug is (british) a small, comfortable back room in a pub.

comforting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Giving comfort.
  • Your comforting words help ease my mind.
    It's comforting to know that I've always got my Mum when things go wrong.

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving comfort.
  • * 1836 , Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, The American in England (page 269)
  • Intrenched within the citadel of our apartment, and cheered by the comfortings of a coal fire, we passed the day in letter-writing, conversation, or gazing from the sheltered security of our windows upon the agitated sea

    snug

    English

    Noun

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

    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.
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