bite and snack share a recorded sense, so the question is not what they mean but which one fits. bite means “a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person”. snack means “a light informal meal”. bite is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈbaɪt/
1.n.a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
2.n.a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
“all they had left was a bit of bread”
3.n.a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
/ˈsnæk/
1.n.a light informal meal
2.v.eat a snack; eat lightly
“She never loses weight because she snacks between meals”
| bite | snack | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈbaɪt/ | /ˈsnæk/ |
| Said | bahyt | snak |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 4 | 5 |
| Parts of speech | noun, verb | noun, verb |
| Senses | 13 | 2 |
| How common | Core | Common |
| Synonyms | none recorded | bite, collation |
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