different between snot vs slobber
snot
English
Etymology
From Middle English snot, snotte, from Old English ?esnot, *snott, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz (“nasal mucus”), from the same base as snout. Related also to snite.
Cognate with North Frisian snot (“snot”), Saterland Frisian Snotte (“snot”), West Frisian snotte (“snot”), Dutch snot (“snot”), German Low German Snött (“snot”), dialectal German Schnutz (“snot”), Danish snot (“snot”), Norwegian snott (“snot”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: sn?t, IPA(key): /sn?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
snot (countable and uncountable, plural snots)
- (informal, uncountable) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
- c.1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys
- Once, I remember, the little fair-haired boy had a choking fit at dinner, and a stream of snot ran out of his nose on to his plate in a way horrible to see.
- c.1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys
- (slang, countable) A contemptible child.
- 2010, Ernest L. Rhodes, A Coal Miner's Family at Mooseheart (page 19)
- With no warning a gang of little snots — none larger or older than I was — threw me to the ground, pulled my knickers below my knees — without any explanation, and allowed me to get up.
- 2010, Ernest L. Rhodes, A Coal Miner's Family at Mooseheart (page 19)
- (slang, obsolete) A mean fellow.
Synonyms
- booger (US) (but note this noun is countable)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
snot (third-person singular simple present snots, present participle snotting, simple past and past participle snotted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To blow, wipe, or clear (the nose).
- (intransitive) To sniff or snivel; to produce snot, to have a runny nose.
- 2014, Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl, Ebury 2015, p. 148:
- I was snotting all into my mouth and having to eat it, silently shuddering.
- 2014, Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl, Ebury 2015, p. 148:
Translations
Anagrams
- NOTs, SOTN, Ston, TNOs, nots, onst, tons
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German snotte
Noun
snot n (definite singular snottet) (uncountable)
- snot (nasal mucus) (informal in English, not in Danish)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch snotte, from Old Dutch *snotto, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sn?t/
- Hyphenation: snot
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
snot n (uncountable)
- snot, nasal mucus
Derived terms
- snotaap
- snotneus
Anagrams
- Sont
Middle English
Alternative forms
- snotte, snott, snothe
Etymology
From Old English ?esnot, *snott, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sn?t(?)/
Noun
snot (uncountable) (rare)
- Snot, mucus (matter accreting in the nose)
- The remnants of a burnt and expired candle wick.
Descendants
- English: snot
- Scots: snot
References
- “snotte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-26.
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slobber
English
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?]; ultimately a variant of slabber. Compare slob, which derives from Irish.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?b?(?)
Noun
slobber (countable and uncountable, plural slobbers)
- Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth.
- There was dried slobber on his coat lapel.
- Muddy or marshy land; mire.
- (dated) A jellyfish.
Translations
Verb
slobber (third-person singular simple present slobbers, present participle slobbering, simple past and past participle slobbered)
- To allow saliva or liquid to run from one's mouth; to drool.
- All babies slobber.
Synonyms
- (emit saliva): drool, slaver
Translations
Derived terms
- slobbery
Anagrams
- lobbers
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