Snug vs Snig - What's the difference?
snug | snig |
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:
Close-fitting.
Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
* Jonathan Swift:
To make secure or snug.
* 1967 , edition, ISBN 0553025171, page 15:
To snuggle or nestle.
(Australia, New Zealand, forestry) To drag a log along the ground by means of a chain fastened at one end.
(UK, dialect) To sneak.
To chop off; to cut.
As nouns the difference between snug and snig
is that snug is (british) a small, comfortable back room in a pub while snig is (uk|dialect) a small eel.As verbs the difference between snug and snig
is that snug is to make secure or snug while snig is (australia|new zealand|forestry) to drag a log along the ground by means of a chain fastened at one end.As an adjective snug
is comfortable; cosy (cozy); satisfactory.snug
English
Adjective
(snugger)- 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.
- Lie snug , and hear what critics say.
Derived terms
* snugly * snug as a bug in a rugSynonyms
* cosy (cozy)Verb
- He snugged his Gun into its tunic holster, checked the scope on his Follower and left the room.