breeze vs snarl

breeze

noun
  • An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel. 

  • A light, gentle wind. 

  • Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength. 

  • Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker. 

  • Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult. 

  • A brief workout for a racehorse. 

  • A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae. 

verb
  • To take a horse on a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion. 

  • To blow gently. 

  • To move casually, in a carefree manner. 

  • To swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples in the surface. 

  • To buzz. 

snarl

noun
  • The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention. 

  • A slow-moving traffic jam. 

  • A squabble. 

  • A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle. 

  • An intricate complication; a problematic difficulty; a knotty or tangled situation. 

  • A growl, for example that of an angry or surly dog, or similar; grumbling sounds. 

verb
  • To be congested in traffic, or to make traffic congested. 

  • To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms. 

  • To growl angrily by gnashing or baring the teeth; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. 

  • To become entangled. 

  • To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots. 

  • To place in an embarrassing situation; to ensnare; to make overly complicated. 

  • To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface. 

  • To complain angrily; to utter growlingly. 

How often have the words breeze and snarl occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )