What's the difference between snuffer and stuffer?

Snuffer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who snuffs.
  • (n.) The common porpoise.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Of the women, 31% were tobacco consumers, very few being snuffers.
  • (2) Among men, the total proportion of tobacco consumers was 49%, including 22% snuffers.

Stuffer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, stuffs.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The "crack" (cocaine alkaloid) epidemic has resulted in an increasing number of hospitalizations of "crack-vial body-stuffers," or patients who ingest "crack-vials" in an attempt to avoid prosecution.
  • (2) A novel polystuffer method has been developed that permits vector arms to be purified by simple precipitation and which allows reliable identification of clones that have reincorporated any part of the stuffer.
  • (3) Modern candidates may well have a Facebook accounts, Twitter feeds and blogs – three things that barely existed in 2005 – yet they would be better off with an army of envelope stuffers, leafleters and doorstep persuaders.
  • (4) EMBL 4 DNA was digested with Bam HI and Sal I and viral DNA was inserted into the "stuffer" region.
  • (5) The SfiI sites and stuffer can be subcloned as a cassette to permit directional cloning in other vectors, as there are several restriction enzyme sites flanking this region to the 5' and 3'.
  • (6) In one series of experiments, a modified cosmid vector containing stuffer fragments was used to prepare cosmid libraries containing partial SphI digests of 25 to 35 kb.
  • (7) The imaging findings of a crack cocaine "body stuffer" are presented along with findings from in vitro experimentation with crack cocaine.
  • (8) Cocaine liberation of a known quantity of drug is dependent on the wrapping method and material used; thus, a good history from the "body-stuffer" is essential to predict potential cocaine liberation and toxicity.
  • (9) The clinical course and post mortem findings of a 57 year old woman stuffering from polymyositis are reported.
  • (10) Plasmid vectors are similar to large capacity phage vectors, but can be maintained in vivo without a stuffer fragment.

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