Difference between Spurn and Pooh-pooh

What is the difference between Spurn and Pooh-pooh?

Spurn as a verb is reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn. while Pooh-pooh as a verb is to dismiss idly.

Spurn

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn. Reject something by pushing it away with the foot.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An act of spurning; a scornful rejection. A kick.

Pooh-pooh

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To dismiss idly.

We hope you now know whether to use Spurn or Pooh-pooh in your sentence.

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