whiff vs smoke

whiff and smoke both are nouns.

whiff and smoke both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
whiff	Yes	No	Yes	No
smoke	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, smoke is a hypernym of whiff; that is, smoke is a word with a broader meaning than whiff:

whiff: smoke and exhale strongly
smoke: inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes

whiff (noun)	smoke (noun)
a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike	the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil	(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
a short light gust of air	tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
	street names for marijuana
	something with no concrete substance
	an indication of some hidden activity
	a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
	a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion

whiff (verb)	smoke (verb)
utter with a puff of air	inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
smoke and exhale strongly	emit a cloud of fine particles
strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
drive or carry as if by a puff of air
perceive by inhaling through the nose

Difference between whiff and smoke

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