The difference between Auger and Snake
When used as nouns, auger means a carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet, whereas snake means a legless reptile of the sub-order serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.
When used as verbs, auger means to use an auger, whereas snake means to follow or move in a winding route.
check bellow for the other definitions of Auger and Snake
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Auger as a noun:
A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
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Auger as a noun:
A snake or plumber's snake .
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Auger as a noun:
A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
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Auger as a noun:
A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
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Auger as a verb:
To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
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Auger as a verb:
To proceed in the manner of an auger.
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Snake as a noun:
A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.
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Snake as a noun:
A treacherous person.
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Snake as a noun:
A tool for unclogging plumbing.
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Snake as a noun:
A tool to aid cable pulling.
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Snake as a noun (slang):
trouser snake; the penis
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Snake as a noun (maths):
A series of Bézier curves
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Snake as a noun (cartomancy):
The seventh Lenormand card.
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Snake as a verb (intransitive):
To follow or move in a winding route.
Examples:
"The path snaked through the forest."
"The river snakes through the valley."
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Snake as a verb (transitive, Australia, slang):
To steal slyly.
Examples:
"He snaked my DVD!"
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Snake as a verb (transitive):
To clean using a plumbing snake.
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Snake as a verb (US, informal):
To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out.
Examples:
"rfquotek Bartlett"
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Snake as a verb (nautical):
To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.