Point and Snout

Point

Point noun - A particular and often important moment in time.

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Snout and point are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Snout" instead a noun "Point".

Snout noun - The part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity.

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Point and snout are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Point" instead a noun "Snout".

human	human point	human snout
similar	similar point	similar snout
large	large point	large snout
big	big point	big snout
Other adjectives: huge, little.

Arguable example: When Dragon has Donkey wrapped in the coils of her tail and flirts with him, she at one point lowers her snout below the level of his waist.

Source: Western Animation / Shrek
At one point in Babe, Farmer Hoggett believes Babe to be a sheep-killer, because he found one of his ewes lying dead in his pasture with a gaping wound, and fresh blood on Babe's snout.

Source: Wrong Assumption
Since small noses often require drawing them to a point, this creates a weird flounder/Picasso effect or 'snout' as the character's mouth is no longer centered but completely on the side of the face.

Source: Cheeky Mouth

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