Snuff vs. Cocaine — What's the Difference?

To inhale (something) audibly through the nose; sniff.

Cocaine (from French: cocaine, from Spanish: coca, ultimately from Quechua: kúka) is a tropane alkaloid and stimulant drug obtained primarily from the leaves of two coca species, Erythroxylum coca and Erythroxylum novogranatense. It is most commonly used as a recreational drug and euphoriant.

To sense or examine by smelling; sniff at.

An addictive drug derived from coca or prepared synthetically, used as an illegal stimulant and sometimes medicinally as a local anaesthetic.

To sniff; inhale.

A colorless or white crystalline alkaloid, C17H21NO4, extracted from coca leaves, sometimes used in medicine as a local anesthetic especially for the eyes, nose, or throat and widely used as an illicit drug for its euphoric and stimulating effects.

To extinguish

An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.

To put a sudden end to

(countable) Any derivative of cocaine.

(Slang) To kill; murder.

A powerful narcotic alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain. It is classified as addictive and is not available in the U. S. without a prescription, but is nevertheless one of the most widespread illegal drugs of abuse. It is used in several forms, including small pellets of free base, called crack. Most of the cacaine illegally used in the U.S. is imported.

To cut off the charred portion of (a candlewick).

A narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive

To use or inhale snuff.

The act of snuffing or the sound produced by it; a snuffle.

The charred portion of a candlewick.

A preparation of finely pulverized tobacco that can be drawn up into the nostrils by inhaling. Also called smokeless tobacco.

The quantity of this tobacco that is inhaled at a single time; a pinch.

See dip.

A powdery substance, such as a medicine, taken by inhaling.

Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.

Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue; see also snus.

A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.

The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.

Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.

(obsolete) Snot, mucus.

(obsolete) Smell, scent, odour.

The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).

(obsolete) Leavings in a glass after drinking; heeltaps.

(slang) A murder.

(attributive) A form of pornographic film which involves someone actually being murdered.

To inhale through the nose.

To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.

To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.

(obsolete) To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.

(slang) To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.

The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.

The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.

Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once.

Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose.

To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of.

To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff.

To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.

To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses.

To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.

The charred portion of a candlewick

A pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time

Finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose

Sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose

Sniff or smell inquiringly

Inhale audibly through the nose;

Snuff colored; grayish to yellowish brown