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Waspish vs Snappish - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between waspish and snappish

is that waspish is suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp while snappish is likely to snap or bite.

waspish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.
  • Spiteful or irascible.

    • Synonyms

    * (spiteful or irascible) irascible, spiteful

    snappish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Likely to snap or bite.
    • A snappish cur
  • *1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 22[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22]
  • *:"She came to us snappish and suspicious, but when she found what sort of place ours was, it all went off by degrees
  • Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible.
  • * 1990 , Nora Roberts, Taming Natasha , Silhouette Books (2011), ISBN 9781459213173, unnumbered page:
    • She heard her own voice, snappish and rude, and pressed a hand to her head.
  • * 2011 , Lynne McTaggart, The Bond , Simon & Schuster (2011), ISBN 9781439157947, page 91:
    • Even though the woman didn't work closely with Barsade, so palpable was her complaining and snappish temperament that it had infected everyone who worked around her.
  • * 2011 , Mary Doria Russell, Doc , Random House (2011), ISBN 9781400068043, page 173:
    • There was something underneath her snappish belligerence that made him feel protective and tolerant.

    Derived terms

    * snappishly * snappishness