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Snoop vs. Stoop — What's the Difference?

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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