Snarl vs. Snail — What's the Difference?

A snarl is a sound, often a growl or vicious utterance, often accompanied by a facial expression, where the upper lip is raised, and the nostrils widen, generally indicating hate, anger or pain. In addition to humans, other mammals including monkeys, rabbits and dogs snarl, often to warn others of their potential bite.

A snail is, in loose terms, a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs.

To growl viciously while baring the teeth.

Any of numerous aquatic or terrestrial gastropod mollusks that typically have a spirally coiled shell, retractile foot, and distinct head.

To speak angrily or threateningly.

A slow-moving, lazy, or sluggish person.

To utter with anger or hostility

Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

To become tangled or confused.

A slow person; a sluggard.

To tangle or knot (hair, for example).

(engineering) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.

To confuse or complicate

A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.

A vicious growl.

The pod of the snail clover.

A vicious, hostile utterance.

(railroading) A locomotive with a prime mover but no traction motors, used to provide extra electrical power to another locomotive.

A tangled mass, as of hair or yarn.

To move or travel very slowly.

A confused, complicated, or tangled situation

Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidæ. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail.

(transitive) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.

Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.

(intransitive) To become entangled.

A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.

(transitive) To place in an embarrassing situation; to ensnare; to make overly complicated.

A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo.

To be congested in traffic, or to make traffic congested.

The pod of the sanil clover.

To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell

(intransitive) To growl angrily by gnashing or baring the teeth; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.

Edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic

(transitive) To complain angrily; to utter growlingly.

Gather snails;

(intransitive) To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.

A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle.

An intricate complication; a problematic difficulty; a knotty or tangled situation.

A slow-moving traffic jam.

The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

A growl, for example that of an angry or surly dog, or similar; grumbling sounds.

A squabble.

To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread.

To embarrass; to insnare.

To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.

To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.

A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.

The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

A vicious angry growl

An angry vicious expression

Something jumbled or confused;

Utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone;

Make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise;

Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass;

Make more complicated or confused through entanglements