different between snew vs snet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snju?/, /snu?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

From Middle English snewen, from Old English sn?wan (“to snow”), from Proto-Germanic *sn?wan?, from Proto-Indo-European *sneyg??-.

Verb

snew (third-person singular simple present snews, present participle snewing, simple past and past participle snewed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To snow.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To abound.

Etymology 2

See snow.

Verb

snew

1. (dialectal) simple past tense of snow

References

• snew in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “snow”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• news, sewn, wens

Middle English

Verb

snew

1. Alternative form of snewen

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sneeuw.

Noun

snew

1. snow

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sn?t/

Etymology 1

From Old English sn?tan, from Proto-Germanic *sn?tijan?. Compare snot.

Verb

snet (third-person singular simple present snets, present participle snetting, simple past and past participle snetted)

1. (obsolete) To clear of mucus; to blow (one's nose).

   • snetting his nose

Etymology 2

Compare German Schnitt (“that which is cut”), from schneiden (“to cut”). Compare English snath.

Noun

snet (uncountable)

1. (Britain, obsolete, dialect) The fat of a deer.

Anagrams

• ENTs, NEST, Sten, TENS, ents, nest, nets, sent, sent., tens