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Clung vs Lung - What's the difference?

clung | lung |

As a verb clung

is (cling).

As an adjective clung

is (obsolete) wasted away; shrunken.

As a noun lung is

(anatomy) a biological organ that extracts oxygen from the air.

clung

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cling)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) wasted away; shrunken

    • lung

    English

    (wikipedia lung)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) A biological organ that extracts oxygen from the air.
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    Synonyms

    * (organ) (in the plural) bellows (informal or archaic), (in the plural) lights

    Derived terms

    * aqualung * iron lung * leather-lunged * lungfish * lung flower * lung lichen * lungful * lung sac * lungwort