The difference between Slither and Snake
When used as nouns, slither means a limestone rubble, 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, slither means to move about smoothly and from side to side, whereas snake means to follow or move in a winding route.
Slither is also adjective with the meaning: slithery.
check bellow for the other definitions of Slither and Snake
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Slither as a verb (intransitive):
To move about smoothly and from side to side.
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Slither as a verb (intransitive):
To slide
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Slither as an adjective (archaic):
slithery; slippery
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Slither as a noun:
A limestone rubble.
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Slither as a noun (Used mistakenly):
A sliver.
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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.