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Banging vs Hanging - What's the difference?

banging | hanging |

As verbs the difference between banging and hanging

is that banging is while hanging is .

As nouns the difference between banging and hanging

is that banging is the action of the verb to bang while hanging is (uncountable) the act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide).

As adjectives the difference between banging and hanging

is that banging is (slang) excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great while hanging is suspended.

banging

English

Verb

(head)
  • * He was banging cocktail waitresses]] two at a time!'' - Alex Rocco in the movie ''[[w:The Godfather, The Godfather

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb to bang.
    • The banging of the hammers could be heard from several streets away.

    Adjective

    banging' (also ' bangin' )
  • (slang) Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great.
    • Wow, what a banging haircut! It looks terrific!
  • (colloquial, dated) Huge; great in size.
    • (Forby)
    (Webster 1913)

    hanging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Suspended.
    • The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
  • (chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.

    • Derived terms

    * hanging garden * hanging loop * hanging participle

    Noun

    (wikipedia hanging)
  • (uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide).
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1728 , chapter = The Atheist, or, the Second Part of the Solider's Fortune , title = The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway , volume = 2 , first = Thomas , last = Otway , authorlink = Thomas Otway , location = London , page = 37 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=yF1AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA37 , passage = No, Sir, 'tis fear of Hanging . Who would not ?teal, or do Murder, every time his Fingers itch'd at it, were it not for fear of the Gallows? }}
    Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
  • (countable) A public event at which a person is hanged.
    • The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
  • (countable) Anything wide, high and rather thin that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, wallpaper or posters).
    • The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.
  • (uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
    • I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.

    Synonyms

    * (execution) (l)

    Derived terms

    * wall hanging

    See also

    * , portiere