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Squinting vs Squirting - What's the difference?

squinting | squirting |

As verbs the difference between squinting and squirting

is that squinting is while squirting is .

As nouns the difference between squinting and squirting

is that squinting is the act of one who squints while squirting is the act of something being squirted.

squinting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who squints.
  • * 1828 , The Harvard Register: no. I-XII, March, 1827-Feb. 1828 (page 153)
    • I have known some happy spirits, who could sit for hours, when no other amusement presented, and talk of the winkings and squintings , they had lately been so eagle-eyed, as to detect between some innocent couple

    squirting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something being squirted.
  • * 2010 , Caroline Graham, A Place of Safety
    • Someone had attempted to make the foul ambience less offensive by liberal squirtings with a sickly sweet freshener.