The difference between Scoff and Scorn
When used as nouns, scoff means derision, whereas scorn means contempt or disdain.
When used as verbs, scoff means to jeer, whereas scorn means to feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody.
check bellow for the other definitions of Scoff and Scorn
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Scoff as a noun:
Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
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Scoff as a noun:
An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
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Scoff as a verb (intransitive):
To jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision.
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Scoff as a verb (transitive):
To mock; to treat with scorn.
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Scoff as a noun (South Africa, and, British Army, _, slang):
Food.
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Scoff as a verb (British, slang):
To eat food quickly.
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Scoff as a verb (South Africa, and, British Army, _, slang):
To eat.
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Scorn as a verb (transitive):
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
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Scorn as a verb (transitive):
To reject, turn down.
Examples:
"He scorned her romantic advances."
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Scorn as a verb (transitive):
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
Examples:
"She scorned to show weakness."
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Scorn as a verb (intransitive):
To scoff, to express contempt.
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Scorn as a noun (uncountable):
Contempt or disdain.
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Scorn as a noun (countable):
A display of disdain; a slight.
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Scorn as a noun (countable):
An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.