Puff vs. Muff — What's the Difference?

A short, explosive burst of breath or wind

To perform or handle clumsily or ineptly; bungle.

A light pastry case, typically one made of puff pastry, containing a sweet or savoury filling

(Sports) To fail to make (a catch).

A review of a work of art, book, or theatrical production, especially an excessively complimentary one

To perform a task clumsily or ineptly.

A gathered mass of material in a dress or other garment.

A clumsy or bungled action.

A powder puff

(Sports) A failure to make a catch.

Breathe in repeated short gasps

A small cylindrical fur or cloth cover, open at both ends, in which the hands are placed for warmth.

Swell or become swollen

A cluster of feathers on the side of the face of certain breeds of fowl.

Advertise with exaggerated or false praise

Vulgar Slang The vulva.

A short forceful exhalation of breath.

(historical) A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.

A short sudden gust of wind.

Female pubic hair; female genitals (vulva, vagina), like muffin. See Thesaurus:vagina.

A brief sudden emission of air, vapor, or smoke.

A woman or girl.

A short sibilant sound produced by a puff.

(glassblowing) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.

An amount of vapor, smoke, or similar material released in a puff.

The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds.

An act of drawing in and expelling the breath, as in smoking tobacco.

A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object such as a pipe.

A swelling or rounded protuberance.

(colloquial) A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person.

Puff pastry.

An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.

A light soft pad for applying powder or lotion.

A bird, the whitethroat.

A gathered, protruding portion of fabric.

(slang) A muffin.

A light padded bed covering.

(sport) To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly.

An approving or flattering recommendation.

To mishandle; to bungle.

A piece of writing, as on the jacket of a book, containing often exaggerated praise, used for promotional purposes.

A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

(Genetics) A localized region of swelling in certain chromosomes indicating the active synthesis of RNA.

A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.

To blow in puffs.

A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.

To come forth in puffs

A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.

To breathe forcefully and rapidly

A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.

To emit puffs.

The whitethroat.

To take puffs on smoking material

To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.

To swell or seem to swell, as with pride or air. Often used with up

A warm tubular covering for the hands

To emit or give forth in puffs.

(sports) dropping the ball

To impel with puffs.

Fail to catch, as of a ball

To smoke (a cigar, for example).

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

To inflate or distend

To fill with pride or conceit

To publicize with often exaggerated praise

(countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.

(uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.

(countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.

(countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.

An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.

The drug cannabis.

(countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.

A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.

(countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.

A puffball.

A powder puff.

A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; an act or scam of that type.

(genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.

Life.

Syn of poof: a male homosexual, especially an effeminate one.

(intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.

(intransitive) To pant.

To advertise.

To blow as an expression of scorn.

To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.

To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.

To drive with a puff, or with puffs.

To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.

To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.

To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.

To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

Anything light and filled with air. Specifically: (a) A puffball. (b) kind of light pastry. (c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.

An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.

To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.

To blow, as an expression of scorn; - with at.

To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.

To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.

To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.

To drive with a puff, or with puffs.

To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.

To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; - often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.

To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; - often with up.

To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

Puffed up; vain.

A short light gust of air

A light inflated pastry or puff shell

Exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

Bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

A soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin

Thick cushion used as a seat

A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);

Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth;

Smoke and exhale strongly;

Suck in or take (air);

Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted;

Make proud or conceited;

Praise extravagantly;

Speak in a blustering or scornful manner;

To swell or cause to enlarge,

Blow hard and loudly;

Gathered for protruding fullness;