Snoop vs. Stoop — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Snoop and Stoop
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Snoop
To pry into the private affairs of others, especially by prowling about.
Stoop
To bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
Had to stoop in order to fit into the cave.
Snoop
One who snoops.
Stoop
To stand or walk, especially habitually, with the head and upper back bent forward.
Snoop
To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.
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Stoop
To lower or debase oneself
I wouldn't stoop to such behavior.
Snoop
To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.
If I had not snooped on her, I wouldn't have found out that she lied about her degree.
Stoop
To descend from a superior social position; condescend
Would the prince stoop to have a meal with peasants?.
Snoop
The act of snooping
Stoop
To swoop down, as a bird in pursuing its prey.
Snoop
One who snoops
Be careful what you say around Gene because he's the bosses' snoop.
Stoop
To bend (oneself, the head, or the body) forward and down.
Snoop
A private detective
She hired a snoop to find out if her husband was having an affair.
Stoop
To debase; humble
Stooped himself to such disgraceful acts.
Snoop
A spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others
Stoop
The act of stooping.
Snoop
Watch, observe, or inquire secretly
Stoop
A forward bending of the head and upper back, especially when habitual
Walked with a stoop.
Stoop
An act of self-abasement or condescension.
Stoop
A descent, as of a bird of prey.
Stoop
A small porch, platform, or staircase leading to the entrance of a house or building.
Stoop
Variant of stoup.
Stoop
A stooping, bent position of the body.
The old man walked with a stoop.
Stoop
An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
Stoop
A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
Stoop
The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
Stoop
(US) The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.
Stoop
(dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
Stoop
To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.
Stoop
To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?
Stoop
(intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
Stoop
(transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
To stoop a cask of liquor
Stoop
(transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
Stoop
To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
Stoop
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
Stoop
Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.
Stoop
A vessel of liquor; a flagon.
Fetch me a stoop of liquor.
Stoop
A post fixed in the earth.
Stoop
The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.
Stoop
Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.
Can any loyal subject seeWith patience such a stoop from sovereignty?
Stoop
The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.
Stoop
To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.
Stoop
To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long, . . . Yet stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong.
These are arts, my prince,In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome.
Stoop
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it multiplieth riches exceedingly.
Stoop
To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
The bird of Jove, stooped from his aëry tour,Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.
Stoop
To sink when on the wing; to alight.
And stoop with closing pinions from above.
Cowering lowWith blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing.
Stoop
To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body.
Stoop
To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.
Stoop
To cause to submit; to prostrate.
Many of those whose states so tempt thine earsAre stooped by death; and many left alive.
Stoop
To degrade.
Stoop
An inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
Stoop
Basin for holy water
Stoop
Small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
Stoop
Bend one's back forward from the waist on down;
He crouched down
She bowed before the Queen
The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
Stoop
Debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way;
I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
Stoop
Descend swiftly, as if on prey;
The eagle stooped on the mice in the field
Stoop
Sag, bend, bend over or down;
The rocks stooped down over the hiking path
Stoop
Carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward;
The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane
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