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Smug vs. Kiss — What's the Difference?

Smug vs. Kiss — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Smug and Kiss

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Smug

Having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements
He was feeling smug after his win

Kiss

A kiss is the touch or pressing of one's lips against another person or an object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely.

Smug

Exhibiting or feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or with one's situation; self-righteously complacent
A smug look.
A smug critic.

Kiss

Touch or caress with the lips as a sign of love, sexual desire, or greeting
We started kissing
She kissed the children goodnight
He kissed her on the lips

Smug

Irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied.
Kate looked extremely smug this morning.
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Kiss

(of a ball) lightly touch (another ball) in passing.

Smug

Showing smugness; showing self-complacency, self-satisfaction.
A smug look on her face

Kiss

A touch or caress with the lips
A quick kiss on the cheek

Smug

(obsolete) Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.

Kiss

A slight touch of a ball against another ball.

Smug

To make smug, or spruce.

Kiss

A small cake, biscuit, or sweet.

Smug

To seize; to confiscate.

Kiss

To touch or caress with the lips as an expression of affection, greeting, respect, or amorousness.

Smug

To hush up.

Kiss

To touch lightly or gently
Flowers that were kissed by dew.

Smug

Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
They be so smug and smooth.
The smug and scanty draperies of his style.
A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow.

Kiss

To strike lightly; brush against
Barely kissed the other car with the bumper.

Smug

To make smug, or spruce.
Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair.

Kiss

To engage in mutual touching or caressing with the lips.

Smug

Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction;
A smug glow of self-congratulation

Kiss

To come into light contact.

Kiss

A caress or touch with the lips.

Kiss

A slight or gentle touch.

Kiss

A small piece of candy, especially of chocolate.

Kiss

A drop cookie made of egg whites and sugar.

Kiss

(transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.

Kiss

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
The nearside of the car just kissed a parked truck as he took the corner at high speed.
His ball kissed the black into the corner pocket.

Kiss

(intransitive) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.

Kiss

To treat with fondness.

Kiss

A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.

Kiss

An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message, signifying the bestowal of a kiss from the sender to the receiver.

Kiss

A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.

Kiss

(astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth, conjunction.

Kiss

(aviation) A low-speed mid-air collision between the envelopes of two hot air balloons, generally causing no damage or injury.

Kiss

To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.
He . . . kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack,That at the parting all the church echoed.

Kiss

To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.
When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees.

Kiss

To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends.

Kiss

To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.
Like fire and powder,Which as they kiss consume.
Rose, rose and clematis,Trail and twine and clasp and kiss.

Kiss

A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of reconciliation.
Last with a kiss, she took a long farewell.
Dear as remembered kisses after death.

Kiss

A small piece of confectionery.

Kiss

The act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)

Kiss

A cookie made of egg whites and sugar

Kiss

Any of several bite-sized candies

Kiss

A light glancing touch;
There was a brief kiss of their hands in passing

Kiss

Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.;
The newly married couple kissed
She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room

Kiss

Touch lightly or gently;
The blossoms were kissed by the soft rain

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