Grin vs. Scoff — What's the Difference?

Smile broadly

To show or express derision or scorn

A broad smile

To say in a derisive manner

To smile broadly, often baring the teeth, as in amusement, glee, embarrassment, or other strong emotion.

To eat (food) quickly and greedily.

To express with a grin

To eat greedily.

The act of grinning.

A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

The facial expression produced by grinning.

An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.

A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

Food.

(obsolete) A snare; a gin.

(slang) The act of eating.

(intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.

(intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.

(transitive) To express by grinning.

(transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn.

To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.

To eat food quickly.

(transitive) To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.

To eat.

A snare; a gin.

Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile.

An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.

To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl.

To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; - often with at.

To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain.

To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.

To express by grinning.

Showing your contempt by derision

A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement

Laugh at with contempt and derision;

To draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl

Treat with contemptuous disregard;