Snuggle vs Comfortable - What's the difference?
snuggle | comfortable |
(intransitive) To lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy.
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To move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position.
(lb) Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.
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*:he was going to make away himself; but meeting by chance his master Plotinus, who, perceiving by his distracted looks all was not well, urged him to confess his grief; which when he had heard, he used such comfortable speeches, that he redeemed him e faucibus Erebi .
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:a comfortable provision made for their subsistence
Amply sufficient, satisfactory.
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, title= Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
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, title= In a state of comfort and content.
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*:A great bargain also had beenthe arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
(lb) Strong; vigorous; valiant.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable ; hold death a while at the arm's end.
(lb) Serviceable; helpful.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.
As nouns the difference between snuggle and comfortable
is that snuggle is an affectionate hug while comfortable is (us) a stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.As a verb snuggle
is (intransitive) to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy.As an adjective comfortable is
(lb) comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.snuggle
English
Synonyms
* (hug) cuddle * (final remnant in bottle) sipVerb
(snuggl)- Sometimes my girlfriend and I snuggle .
- The surrounding buildings snuggled each other.
- The last drop of jager snuggled the corner of the pint.
- And when the Boy dropped off to sleep, the Rabbit would snuggle down close under his little warm chin and dream, with the Boy's hands clasped close round him all night long.
- Tired but satisfied, the children snuggled into their sleeping bags.
- The pet dog snuggles into its new bed.
Synonyms
* cuddleDerived terms
* snuggle bunny * snuggle up * snugglycomfortable
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Adjective
(en-adj)Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia, passage=When Hape sauntered over for a try after only three minutes it looked as if England were destined for a comfortable victory, but Georgia are made of sterner stuff, as they showed when running Scotland close in Invercargill last week.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable . Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
