The difference between Slug and Snail
When used as nouns, slug means any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell, whereas snail means any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
When used as verbs, slug means to drink quickly, whereas snail means to move or travel very slowly.
check bellow for the other definitions of Slug and Snail
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Slug as a noun:
Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
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Slug as a noun (obsolete):
A slow, lazy person; a sluggard.
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Slug as a noun:
A bullet (projectile).
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Slug as a noun:
A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
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Slug as a noun:
A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
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Slug as a noun (journalism):
A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.
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Slug as a noun (physics, rarely used):
the Imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
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Slug as a noun:
A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
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Slug as a noun:
A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
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Slug as a noun (television editing):
A black screen.
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Slug as a noun (metal typesetting):
A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug.
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Slug as a noun (regional):
A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
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Slug as a noun (US, slang, District of Columbia):
A hitchhiking commuter.
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Slug as a noun (web design):
The last part of a , the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
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Slug as a noun (obsolete):
A hindrance, an obstruction.
Examples:
"rfquotek Francis Bacon"
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Slug as a noun:
A ship that sails slowly.
Examples:
"rfquotek Halliwell"
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Slug as a noun:
A hard blow, usually with the fist.
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Slug as a verb:
To drink quickly; to gulp; to down.
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Slug as a verb (transitive):
To hit very hard, usually with the fist.
Examples:
"He insulted my mother, so I slugged him."
"The fighter slugged his opponent into unconsciousness."
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Slug as a verb:
To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
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Slug as a verb (intransitive, of a bullet):
To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
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Slug as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle.
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Slug as a verb (transitive):
To load with a slug or slugs.
Examples:
"to slug a gun"
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Slug as a verb:
To make sluggish.
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"
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Snail as a noun:
Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
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Snail as a noun (informal, by extension):
A slow person; a sluggard.
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Snail as a noun (engineering):
A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
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Snail as a noun (military, historical):
A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
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Snail as a noun:
The pod of the .
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Snail as a verb:
To move or travel very slowly