What's the difference between snaffle and sniffle?

Snaffle


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called also snaffle bit.
  • (v. t.) To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 4.44pm BST O'Sullivan's safety has not be up to much today, and he leaves a red that Selby snaffles, followed by a green and red, almost screwing back the cue ball into the left middle.
  • (2) It means improving the schools that deprived kids are in already, rather than promising new ones and being surprised when sharper-elbowed parents snaffle the places.
  • (3) 88 min: Now Endo takes a swipe from distance, Souleymanou spilling but later snaffling.
  • (4) After each attack, the sharks swam round in a gentle arc and returned to the spot to snaffle the stunned and dead sardines.
  • (5) Broad's not bowled well today, but he tempts Sangakkara with slight width - and Sangakkara flashes, toe-ending to gully, where Bell dives low and left to snaffle an excellent catch.
  • (6) But after opening up the last reds, he's clumsy again and leaves a red to the top left which Selby snaffles up.
  • (7) Eventually a ball's pinged down the inside-right channel for Robben, but it's got far too much weight on it and Julio Cesar comes out to snaffle.
  • (8) If I'm home in Kent, I feed my two spaniels, have a cup of tea and defend my digestive biscuits from being snaffled by my crafty dogs.
  • (9) In came a giant private company, "partnered" Rosemary's charity, ruined it, snaffled up a much bigger grant than Rosemary had, hired staff on the cheap with one weekend's training, and sacked Rosemary (a psychotherapist with decades of experience), who perhaps didn't put up as much of a fight as she could have done, because she was weakened at the time by an infected broken ankle, so trudging up and down long prison corridors wasn't easy.
  • (10) His low shot towards the near post is easily snaffled by De Gea.
  • (11) Vaunting an enviable quality of life and a sizeable finance sector of 180,000 workers, Paris, home to some of Europe’s largest banks and the Euronext Paris stock exchange, hopes to snaffle 20,000 City jobs , its lobby group Europlace said.
  • (12) Januzaj steps up - and sees his quick prod down the middle snaffled by Mannone.
  • (13) The same formula remains in active use: clubs who sent scouts to this year’s South American Under-17 Championship in Paraguay found they had turned up too late to snaffle its star and top scorer, the 16-year-old Ponte Preta forward Leandro.
  • (14) It’s more government money thrown at London, this time on a vanity project, when the capital already snaffles so much spending on new infrastructure.
  • (15) The throngs who snaffled free, highly sought tickets for his parade through Central Park, gave lucrative business to the hawkers of papal kitsch: $5 for badges, $10 for T-shirts and tote bags.
  • (16) If so, then you won’t mind me snaffling a few bottles and reselling them out in the street at a 400% mark-up!
  • (17) Radoslaw Sikorski says Cameron has alienated potential allies by indulging the irreconcilable Europhobes in his party and by permitting the routine depiction of migrants to the UK from eastern Europe as welfare-snaffling parasites.
  • (18) He'd already enjoyed some success, having "fallen into an acting class" when he was 17, and then snaffled the role of Danny Byrne on the BBC series Ballykissangel .
  • (19) It's pretty lame, all told, Neuer snaffling it into his arms with ease.
  • (20) But none of these shows has enjoyed the stellar ratings of Miranda, the sitcom which was snaffled by BBC1 after two series on BBC2.

Sniffle


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A few sniffles and damp cheeks are endearing by comparison.
  • (2) In this study, we are interested in the character of the mucosa and their changes as affected by long-term injury from the trauma of the inspiratory and expiratory air currents, which, on sniffling or snorting, may reach hurricane speeds.
  • (3) Though I'm not one to spend January in a hair shirt of self‑denial, I have to say that this week's liquid theme came as a bit of a relief – especially to a household struck down by seasonal sniffles.
  • (4) So if China gets the sniffles, then the rest of the world should probably keep the tissues handy.
  • (5) Trump lobbed in: “That makes me smart.” Trump's sniffles distract viewers at first presidential debate with Clinton Read more Had the class clown just admitted on live television, before a global audience of tens of millions, that he has not in fact paid income tax?
  • (6) Echinacea , a favourite herbal remedy for parents to give children with the sniffles, should not be given to the under-12s , said the Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency last week.
  • (7) In over half the cases the infants had a cold, the sniffles, or other respiratory tract congestion within two weeks of the date of death, which seems to support the oft-quoted contention concerning the possibility of nasal obstruction which could initiate the fatal apnea.
  • (8) Trump’s repeated sniffling during the first two debates has also drawn attention, and Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, was forced to apologise for tweeting a suggestion that it could be due to cocaine use.
  • (9) They also recorded the severity of their clinical symptoms (runny nose, sniffles, sneezing, postnasal drip, cough and sore throat) on symptom cards.
  • (10) However, at the less illustrious end of the scale, this surely also means physicians dealing with pest-patients who won't accept that either there's nothing wrong with them or that there is no treatment available, except for their malady to run its course while they sniffle under a duvet in front of a Breaking Bad box set.
  • (11) Then, right at the end, like a long-suffering, frosty school principal, she decided to expel the ranting, sniffling, whining 70-year-old schoolboy who had not done his homework.
  • (12) They may indicate a sniffle in the relations between the two countries.
  • (13) Dr Mark Sonderup, the vice-chairman at the South African Medical Association, told the Mail & Guardian newspaper this week : "I'm not sure we should press the panic button every single time a man of his age has the sniffles.
  • (14) By the time the service was over their steps were inaudible amid the chorus of sobs and sniffles.
  • (15) Having always thought of cinema as a safe space, I was ready to cry about five minutes into Nancy Meyers’ The Intern , and then continued wailing and sniffling until the end credits rolled.
  • (16) Trump hit Clinton on trade and her political record – issues that have helped him draw level in recent polls and may yet dominate the election – but appeared thin-skinned and under-prepared as he sniffled his way through the debate.
  • (17) And the first lady, Robin Wright’s Claire Underwood, sleeping in a spare bedroom due to a “cold” that is suspiciously sniffle-free, has demanded from her husband a nomination as US ambassador to the United Nations.

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