What's the difference between punch and smack?

Punch


Definition:

  • (n.) A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc.
  • (n.) The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.
  • (n.) A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.
  • (n.) One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch.
  • (v. t.) To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.
  • (n.) A thrust or blow.
  • (n.) A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die.
  • (n.) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
  • (n.) A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
  • (n.) To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Lebedev punched Polonsky during a heated early recording of NTVshniki.
  • (2) Histologic diagnosis of the disease was done by punch cervical biopsy and diagnostic curettage.
  • (3) We give a survey on the present situation regarding the methods and indications of punch biopsy as well as similar operations, including the design, orientation, and execution for the repair of small skin defects.
  • (4) In 16 of these patients skin slices from the alopecic areas were punch biopsied under local anaesthesia for determination of cytosol- and nuclear androgen receptor (AR).
  • (5) During powder compaction on a Manesty Betapress, peak pressures, Pmax, are reached before the punches are vertically aligned with the centres of the upper and lower compression roll support pins.
  • (6) Here was a bit of magic to light up any semi-final and it had Roberto Martínez punching the air.
  • (7) Incisional slit grafting utilizes larger numbers of smaller grafts than does traditional punch grafting.
  • (8) Allardyce told an entertaining story about seeing José Mourinho punch the air at a Soccer Aid match when Chelsea’s manager realised he had convinced Fàbregas to sign for the club.
  • (9) In the current study, 70 endometrial cancer patients with suspected cervical involvement based on a positive endocervical curettage or punch biopsy were treated with initial surgery followed by tailored radiation or chemotherapy.
  • (10) In 2003 Mayweather allegedly punched two friends of his then-partner (and the mother of several of his children) Josie Harris in a nightclub and shook a female security guard.
  • (11) On that occasion, she related how Manning had punched her during a violent outburst that led to him being demoted to the rank of private.
  • (12) Two months after stopping therapy, the rhinitis changes had returned in all 10 patients from whom posttreatment punch biopsies were taken.
  • (13) Punch biopsy specimens of skin, obtained from the scalp and back of adult men, were minced and incubated with [3H]testosterone.
  • (14) But Spurs built up a final head of steam and after Gomes punched clear Trippier’s initial cross, a second fell to Son at the near post and he back-heeled the ball past Gomes.
  • (15) The defendants punched their air with their fists and shouted "peacefully" as their sentences were handed down, according to relatives.
  • (16) All patients had punch biopsies taken from (1) a lesion containing Sarcoptes scabiei, (2) an inflammatory papule which did not contain a mite, and (3) normal skin.
  • (17) It’s just been a catalogue of disasters – the late nomination, when his party membership lapsed , the [alleged] punch-up.
  • (18) At the completion of sample dissolution, raw dissolution profile data are on the punched paper tape ready for computer processing via a time-sharing system.
  • (19) Individual hypothalamic nuclei were removed from 17-day-old rat embryos with 300 microns punches and maintained in suspension culture.
  • (20) And if you're really funny, then provided you're not punching people when you come off, or stealing people's belongings, then you'll get a gig.

Smack


Definition:

  • (n.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
  • (v. i.) Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively.
  • (v. i.) A small quantity; a taste.
  • (v. i.) A loud kiss; a buss.
  • (v. i.) A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
  • (v. i.) A quick, smart blow; a slap.
  • (adv.) As if with a smack or slap.
  • (n.) To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
  • (n.) To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality.
  • (n.) To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
  • (n.) To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.
  • (v. t.) To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
  • (v. t.) To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting.
  • (v. t.) To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "I think that we've got to treat our kids well, but I don't think we ought to say there's no place ever for smacks.
  • (2) As a parent himself, he steered a deliberate course on discipline (neither he nor his wife ever smacked their girls) and on external influences - the family did not have a television while the children were young, preferring to read.
  • (3) But Blair's address - "history will forgive us" - was a dubious exercise in group therapy: the cheers smacked of pathetic gratitude, as he piously pardoned the legislators, as well as himself, for the catastrophe of Iraq.
  • (4) It's hard to imagine a more masculine character than Thor, who is based on the god of thunder of Norse myth: he's the strapping, hammer-wielding son of Odin who, more often than not, sports a beard and likes nothing better than smacking frost giants.
  • (5) For every drop shot that was loose, lazy and tossed away a point, there was another that smacked of insouciant brilliance.
  • (6) As a strategy to enhance Miliband’s standing it was surely flawed and may even smack of desperation, suggesting that their man is locked out of larger media opportunities.
  • (7) Given what is now known about the way the case was made for launching an arguably illegal war – this country's biggest foreign policy debacle since Suez – Heywood's refusal to release the conversations smacks of a shabby cover-up at worst, or foot-dragging in a moderately more charitable interpretation.
  • (8) Monsieur Blue open daily midday-2am; Tokyo Eat open daily midday-midnight; Le Smack open midday-midnight Le Musée de la Vie Romantique Cafe Vie Romantique This is one of the most discrete but enchanting Parisian museums, an early 19th-century mansion tucked away down a narrow cul-de-sac in the backstreets of Pigalle.
  • (9) One Labour source claimed the appointment of Green smacked of “Andy Coulson mark II”, a reference to Cameron’s decision to appoint the former News of the World editor as his press spokesman despite the reports of phone hacking at the newspaper.
  • (10) For the right, the word "vulnerable" smacks of victimhood, of ducking blame and not holding individuals accountable for their actions.
  • (11) For everything that matters, as of now, we are smack in the Post-Information Age.
  • (12) Evgeniy Khorishko, at the Russian embassy in Washington, also denied the claims, telling Itar-Tass that "such horror stories smack of cold war times".
  • (13) If we’re going to do this groupthink [a blanket ban] I think it would smack of petulance.” Jones added: “I stand by what Tony Abbott said: it [Q&A] is a lefty lynch mob.
  • (14) The strained efforts of Merkel and Steinmeier to stage a non-confrontational campaign smacked of a conspiracy of silence.
  • (15) Elements of both sides were looking for trouble and police were smack in the middle of that and that’s the sort of thing that is going to be problematic for us.
  • (16) That is some going, even by Fifa standards, though it smacks of incompetence and desperation rather than corruption.
  • (17) But this is a rare moment of good sense in a document that smacks of tactical manoeuvring – of the kind that may cause the corporation strategic harm.
  • (18) That smacks of bravado as the capital is around 1,000 miles away and the rebels number only 1,500 to 2,500 – and the Congolese army is about 150,000-strong.
  • (19) As UFC president Dana White tried to pull the two fighters together, Diaz raised his right hand and McGregor bent his left and smacked it away.
  • (20) Stirling's attempt to refuse the request, calling it "vexatious", smacks of fear.