The difference between Scorn and Sneer
When used as nouns, scorn means contempt or disdain, whereas sneer means a facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
When used as verbs, scorn means to feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody, whereas sneer means to raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.
check bellow for the other definitions of Scorn and Sneer
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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.
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Sneer as a verb (intransitive):
To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn
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Sneer as a verb (transitive):
To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.
Examples:
"to sneer fulsome lies at a person"
"Now here's someone who should attend privilege workshops," sneered she."
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Sneer as a noun:
A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
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Sneer as a noun:
A display of contempt; scorn.