Snift vs. Sniff — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Snift and Sniff
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Snift
A moment; a while.
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Sniff
To inhale a short, audible breath through the nose, as in smelling something.
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Snift
A light dusting, as of snow.
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Sniff
To sniffle.
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Snift
A deliberate release of pressure and vapor, such as from a steam engine, or bottling equipment.
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Sniff
To use the sense of smell, as in savoring or investigating
Sniffed at the jar to see what it held.
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Snift
To sniff; to snort or snuff.
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Sniff
To regard something in a contemptuous or dismissive manner
The critics sniffed at the adaptation of the novel to film.
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Snift
To snivel.
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Sniff
(Informal) To pry; snoop
The reporters came sniffing around for more details.
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Snift
To cause a snift; to release pressure and vapor, such as from a steam engine or bottling equipment.
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Sniff
To inhale forcibly through the nose
Sniffed the cool morning air.
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Snift
To snort.
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Sniff
To smell, as in savoring or investigating
Sniffed the lilacs.
Sniffed the breeze for traces of smoke.
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Snift
To sniff; to snuff; to smell.
It now appears that they were still snifing and hankering after their old quarters.
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Sniff
To perceive or detect by or as if by sniffing
Dogs that sniffed out the trail through the snow.
Sniffed trouble ahead.
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Snift
A moment.
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Sniff
To utter in a contemptuous or haughty manner
The countess sniffed her disapproval.
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Snift
Slight snow; sleet.
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Sniff
An instance or the sound of sniffing.
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Sniff
Something sniffed or perceived by or as if by sniffing; a whiff
A sniff of perfume.
A sniff of scandal.
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Sniff
(ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
The dog sniffed around the park, searching for a nice scent.
I sniffed the meat to see whether it had gone off.
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Sniff
(transitive) To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
"He's never coming back, is he?" she sniffed while looking at a picture of him.
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Sniff
(transitive) To perceive vaguely.
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Sniff
(intransitive) To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner.
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Sniff
To be dismissive or contemptuous of something.
This opportunity is not to be sniffed at.
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Sniff
(computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
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Sniff
To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form.
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Sniff
(countable) An instance of sniffing.
She gave the flowers a quick sniff to check they were real.
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Sniff
(countable) A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose.
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Sniff
A brief perception, or tiny amount.
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Sniff
Cocaine.
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Sniff
A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying.
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Sniff
To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; - sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.
So ye grow squeamish, gods, and sniff at heaven.
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Sniff
To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.
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Sniff
To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.
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Sniff
The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.
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Sniff
Sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
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Sniff
Perceive by inhaling through the nose;
Sniff the perfume
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Sniff
Inhale audibly through the nose;
The sick student was sniffling in the back row
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