Snoff vs. Sniff — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Snoff and Sniff
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Snoff
(mining) A short candle end used for igniting a fuse.
Sniff
To inhale a short, audible breath through the nose, as in smelling something.
Snoff
A short candle end used for igniting a fuse.
Sniff
To sniffle.
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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Sniff
To regard something in a contemptuous or dismissive manner
The critics sniffed at the adaptation of the novel to film.
Sniff
(Informal) To pry; snoop
The reporters came sniffing around for more details.
Sniff
To inhale forcibly through the nose
Sniffed the cool morning air.
Sniff
To smell, as in savoring or investigating
Sniffed the lilacs.
Sniffed the breeze for traces of smoke.
Sniff
To perceive or detect by or as if by sniffing
Dogs that sniffed out the trail through the snow.
Sniffed trouble ahead.
Sniff
To utter in a contemptuous or haughty manner
The countess sniffed her disapproval.
Sniff
An instance or the sound of sniffing.
Sniff
Something sniffed or perceived by or as if by sniffing; a whiff
A sniff of perfume.
A sniff of scandal.
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.
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.
Sniff
(transitive) To perceive vaguely.
Sniff
(intransitive) To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner.
Sniff
To be dismissive or contemptuous of something.
This opportunity is not to be sniffed at.
Sniff
(computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
Sniff
To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form.
Sniff
(countable) An instance of sniffing.
She gave the flowers a quick sniff to check they were real.
Sniff
(countable) A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose.
Sniff
A brief perception, or tiny amount.
Sniff
Cocaine.
Sniff
A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying.
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.
Sniff
To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.
Sniff
To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.
Sniff
The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.
Sniff
Sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
Sniff
Perceive by inhaling through the nose;
Sniff the perfume
Sniff
Inhale audibly through the nose;
The sick student was sniffling in the back row
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