Doze vs. Snooze — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Doze and Snooze
ADVERTISEMENT
Compare with Definitions
Doze
To sleep lightly and intermittently.
Snooze
To take a light nap; doze.
Doze
To spend (time) dozing or as if dozing
Dozed the summer away.
Snooze
A brief light sleep.
Doze
To use a bulldozer; bulldoze.
ADVERTISEMENT
Snooze
(intransitive) To sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze.
The boss caught him snoozing at his desk.
Doze
A short, light sleep.
Snooze
(transitive) To pause; to postpone for a short while.
Doze
(intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
Snooze
A brief period of sleep; a nap.
The cat enjoys taking a snooze on a sunny windowsill.
Doze
(transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.
Snooze
(informal) The snooze button on an alarm clock.
Doze
To bulldoze.
Snooze
(informal) Something boring.
The whole movie was a snooze.
Doze
A light, short sleep or nap.
I felt much better after a short doze.
Snooze
A short sleep; a nap.
Doze
To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.
If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him.
Snooze
To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber.
Doze
To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time.
Snooze
A short sleep (usually not in bed)
Doze
To make dull; to stupefy.
I was an hour . . . in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.
They left for a long time dozed and benumbed.
Snooze
Sleep lightly or for a short period of time
Doze
A light sleep; a drowse.
Doze
A light fitful sleep
Doze
Sleep lightly or for a short period of time
Share Your Discovery
Previous Comparison
Dependent vs. Dependence
Next Comparison
Meem vs. Meme
