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Bang vs Yang - What's the difference?

bang | yang |

As nouns the difference between bang and yang

is that bang is a sudden percussive noise while yang is a principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.

As verbs the difference between bang and yang

is that bang is to make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something while yang is to make the cry of the wild goose.

As an adverb bang

is right, directly.

As an interjection bang

is a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound.

bang

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sudden percussive noise.
    • When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang .
  • A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
  • An explosion.
  • (US, especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead.
    • Tiffany has long hair and bangs .
  • * W. D. Howells
    • his hair cut in front like a young lady's bang
  • *
  • (US) The symbol , known as an exclamation point.
    • An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.
  • (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
  • (figuratively) An act of sexual intercourse.
  • An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
  • (slang, mining) An explosive product.
    • Load the bang into the hole.
  • (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
    • Synonyms
    * strike, blow * explosion * (hair cut) fringe, bangs * exclamation point, exclamation mark
    Antonyms
    * (abrupt left turn) hang

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
  • (label) To hit hard.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2
    • , passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}
  • To engage in sexual intercourse.
  • *
  • * 1972 , (Mario Puzo) and (Francis Ford Coppola), (The Godfather) (film):
    • Moe Greene: He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time!
  • (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
  • (label) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
  • * The Century Magazine
    • His hair banged even with his eyebrows.
    Synonyms
    * nail

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • , directly.
    • The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili from bang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi flying into the line and touching down under the bar.}}
  • Precisely.
    • ''He arrived bang on time.
  • With a sudden impact.
    • Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound
    • He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, "Bang !"

    Derived terms

    * (verb) banger, gangbang * (noun) bang for the buck, big bang * (adverb) bang on, bang out of order, bang to rights, bang up / bang-up

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in the plural) Brucellosis, a bacterial disease

    • Anagrams

    * English onomatopoeias ----

    yang

    English

    Etymology 1

    From early romanizations of Chinese , originally in reference to the sunny side of areas such as mountains and dwellings (wikipedia)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (label) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, elements of the natural world.
    • Related terms
    * (complement) yin * (unity) yin-yang

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided 100 pun.

    • Etymology 3

    Imitative.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To make the cry of the wild goose.
  • * 1902 , Eleanor Gates, The biography of a prairie girl
    • Away they went, the colt in the lead and the pinto after, until they reached the bunch of cottonwoods far up the stream where the yanging wild geese had their nests.
  • * 1957 , Adelbert Ames, Chronicles from the Nineteenth Century: 1874-1899
    • Last night we were awakened by the barking of dogs and yanging of a goose, and investigated to find that the man had neglected to house the geese and the dogs were killing them.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year= 1867 , year_published= , author= Gail Hamilton , by= , title=Wool-gathering , url= http://books.google.com/books?id=jPEOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA185 , original= , chapter= , section= , isbn= , edition= , publisher= Ticknor and Fields , location= Boston , editor= , volume= , page= 185 , passage= Hangs'' is a false word, — a Northern corruption of the negro dialect ''yang , — an onomatopœian word, representing the "far heard clang" of the wild goose. }} ----