emit vs snort

emit is not a noun while snort is a noun.

emit and snort both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
emit	No	No	Yes	No
snort	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, snort is a hyponym of emit; that is, snort is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than emit:

emit: express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
snort: indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose

Other hyponyms of emit include call, gibber, crow, crow, trumpet, coo, call, cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell, miaou, miaow, tsk, tut-tut, tut, echo, repeat, call, shoot, gurgle, cry, nasale, bite out, sigh, troat, lift, pant, volley, break into, heave, chorus, splutter, sputter, deliver, hoot, grunt, wolf-whistle, spit, spit out, groan, moan, growl, grumble, rumble, howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl, bark, baa, blat, blate, bleat, bellow, roar, cheep, chirp, chirrup, peep, churr, whirr, chirr, meow, mew, quack, hoot, cronk, honk, hiss, sibilate, siss, sizz, sibilate, bray, hee-haw, oink, squeal, clack, click, cluck, low, moo, cackle, gobble, neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny, gargle, caw, mew, haw, hem, croak, cronk, sing, smack, give.

emit (noun)	snort (noun)
	a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
	a disrespectful laugh

emit (verb)	snort (verb)
expel (gases or odors)	make a snorting sound by exhaling hard
express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)	indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.	inhale through the nose
	inhale recreational drugs

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