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

  1. Slug as a noun:

    Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.

  2. Slug as a noun (obsolete):

    A slow, lazy person; a sluggard.

  3. Slug as a noun:

    A bullet (projectile).

  4. Slug as a noun:

    A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.

  5. Slug as a noun:

    A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Slug as a noun:

    A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.

  9. Slug as a noun:

    A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.

  10. Slug as a noun (television editing):

    A black screen.

  11. 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.

  12. Slug as a noun (regional):

    A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.

  13. Slug as a noun (US, slang, District of Columbia):

    A hitchhiking commuter.

  14. Slug as a noun (web design):

    The last part of a , the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.

  15. Slug as a noun (obsolete):

    A hindrance, an obstruction.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Francis Bacon"

  16. Slug as a noun:

    A ship that sails slowly.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Halliwell"

  17. Slug as a noun:

    A hard blow, usually with the fist.

  1. Slug as a verb:

    To drink quickly; to gulp; to down.

  2. 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."

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Slug as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle.

  6. Slug as a verb (transitive):

    To load with a slug or slugs.

    Examples:

    "to slug a gun"

  7. Slug as a verb:

    To make sluggish.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Milton"

  1. Snail as a noun:

    Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

  2. Snail as a noun (informal, by extension):

    A slow person; a sluggard.

  3. 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.

  4. Snail as a noun (military, historical):

    A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.

  5. Snail as a noun:

    The pod of the .

  1. Snail as a verb:

    To move or travel very slowly

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