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Dag vs Dawg - What's the difference?

dag | dawg |

As nouns the difference between dag and dawg

is that dag is a hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground while dawg is eye dialect of nodot=8 lang=en; also {{term|hound dawg}}.

As initialisms the difference between dag and dawg

is that dag is Deputy Attorney General in several nations’ federal governments while DAWG is directed acyclic word graph.

As a verb dag

is to shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation.

As an interjection dag

is expressing shock, awe or surprise; used as a general intensifier.

dag

Translingual

Symbol

(mul-symbol)
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    dawg

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • ; also (hound dawg).
    • That dawg won't hunt.
  • (slang) Dude, bud, pal. used to address a close male friend.
    • Sup, dawg .

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    Usage notes

    Using this spelling of dog'' emphasizes dialect and should only be done if this is explicitly intended. Every example above could also be written with ''dog , de-emphasizing dialect.

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