Dagger vs Lagger - What's the difference?
dagger | lagger |
(weapon) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
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* 1786 , , A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 34.
The text character ; the obelus.
One who installs lagging.
* 2001 , Geoffrey Tweedale, Philip Hansen, Magic Mineral to Killer Dust: Turner & Newall and the Asbestos Hazard
(video games, informal) A player who lags (has a poor or slow network connection).
(slang) A member of support staff responsible for contacting lawyers to check how a case is progressing.
As nouns the difference between dagger and lagger
is that dagger is a stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade while lagger is one who installs lagging.As a verb dagger
is to pierce with a dagger; to stab.dagger
English
Etymology 1
Probably from (etyl) dague (1229), related to (etyl), (etyl), (etyl) daga , (etyl) Degen, (etyl) . In English attested from the 1380s. The ultimate origin of the word is unclear. GrimmGrimmsuspects Celtic origin. Others have suggested derivation from an unattested Vulgar Latin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacia. Chastelain (Dictionaire etymologique'', 1750) thought that French ''dague'' was a derivation from German ''dagge'', ''dagen , although not attested until a much later date). The knightly dagger evolves from the 12th century. Guillaume le Breton (died 1226) uses daca'' in his ''Philippide''. Other Middle Latin forms include ''daga, dagga, dagha, dagger, daggerius, daggerium, dagarium, dagarius, diga''http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/DAGGER; the forms with ''-r- are late 14th century adoptions of the English word). OED points out that there is also an English verb from which this could be a derivation, but the verb is attested only from about 1400. Relation to Old Armenian .
Noun
(en noun)- I bruised my shin th’ other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence; ...
- The dagger , under the title cultellum and misericorde, has been the constant companion of the sword, at least from the days of Edward I. and is mentioned in the statute of Winchester.
Synonyms
* (stabbing weapon): dirk, knife * (text character): obelisk, obelus * (anything that causes pain like a dagger) barbDerived terms
* at daggers drawn * cloak-and-dagger * double dagger * look daggers * speak daggers * stare daggersSee also
* poniard * rondel * stilettoEtymology 2
Perhaps from (diagonal).Anagrams
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lagger
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)- In particular, Turner & Newall doggedly contested any claims from the largest high-risk group outside the scheduled factory areas — the laggers .