Dog vs Hog - What's the difference?
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Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
(lb) An adult swine .
* 2005 April, Live Swine from Canada, Investigation No. 731-TA-1076 (Final), publication 3766, April 2005, U.S. International Trade Commission (ISBN 1457819899), page I-9:
A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
(slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a .
(UK) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
(nautical) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
A shilling coin; its value, 12 old pence.
*1933 , (George Orwell), (Down and Out in Paris and London) , xxix
*:‘’Ere]] s' for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ' [['og, ’og for the cap and scarf. That’s seven bob.’
*1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
*:hog' (pl]] ' hog ). A shilling: (ca 1670), c.; in C.19–20, low [[slang, s.
A tanner, a sixpence coin; its value.
*1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
*:hog' (pl]] ' hog )... 2. In C.18–early 19, occ. a sixpence: also c., whence the U.S. sense. Prob. [[from, ex the figure of a hog on a small silver coin.
A half-crown coin; its value, 30 old pence.
*1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
*:hog' (pl]] ' hog )... 3. A half-crown: [[circa, ca 1860–1910.
To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
(nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
(nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
In slang|lang=en terms the difference between dog and hog
is that dog is (slang) a man (derived from definition 2) while hog is (slang) a large motorcycle, particularly a.In lang=en terms the difference between dog and hog
is that dog is to follow in an annoying way, to constantly be affected by while hog is to clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.In nautical|lang=en terms the difference between dog and hog
is that dog is (nautical) to fasten a hatch securely while hog is (nautical) to cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).As nouns the difference between dog and hog
is that dog is a mammal, canis lupus familiaris , that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding while hog is any animal belonging to the suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.As verbs the difference between dog and hog
is that dog is to pursue with the intent to catch while hog is to greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.dog
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* (qualifier) 'ogNoun
(en noun)- Weanlings grow into feeder pigs, and feeder pigs grow into slaughter hogs'. Ultimately the end use for virtually all pigs and ' hogs is to be slaughtered for the production of pork and other products.
- (Totten)
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* (shilling coins) white hog, black hogDerived terms
* groundhog * hedgehog * high on the hog * hogback, Hog's Back * hog-baying * hogcote * hog heaven * hog island * hog waller (hog wallow) * hog-wallowing * hog-wild * hog line * hog maw * hog-rubber * hog town * hogherd * hoggish * hoggishly * hoggy * hogshead * road hog * sea hog * whole hog, go whole hogVerb
(hogg)- Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets.
- 2000 DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie , Scholastic Inc., New York, Ch 15:
- The [...] air-conditioning unit didn't work very good, and there was only one fan; and from the minute me and Winn-Dixie got in the library, he hogged it all.
- (Smart)