Difference between Puff and Drag

What is the difference between Puff and Drag?

Puff as a verb is to emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. while Drag as a verb is to pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

Puff

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. To pant. To advertise (archaic)

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth. The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself. A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air. An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe. A flamboyant or alluring statement about an object's quality. The drug cannabis. A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc. a homosexual; a poof

Example sentence: To make a full-blooded puff pastry, you need time, you need patience, and you need precision. It's all about the lamination: it's all about building up the layers of butter, dough, butter, dough; as the butter melts, it creates steam, and that brings up the layers of the two doughs apart from each other, and that's what gives it the rise.

Drag

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.To move slowly.To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.To move a mouse cursor while holding down a button on the mouse, often to move something on the screen.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.The bottom part of a sand casting mold.Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating.Someone or something that is disappointing.Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture (corporate drag).A puff on a cigarette or joint.Horse-drawn wagon or buggy.Street, as in 'main drag'.

Example sentence: There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original.

We hope you now know whether to use Puff or Drag in your sentence.

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