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Fig vs Vig - What's the difference?

fig | vig |

As nouns the difference between fig and vig

is that fig is a fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics while vig is a charge taken on bets, as by a bookie or gambling establishment.

As a verb fig

is to insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.

fig

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) fige, fygge (also fyke, from (etyl) )Andreas Franz and Wilhelm Schimper, Plant Geography Upon a Physiological Basis , volume 2 (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1902), page 100. Another (etyl) root (compare (etyl) ; whence (etyl) sycophant.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
  • The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
  • A small piece of tobacco.
  • The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter!
    Derived terms
    * caprifig * fig leaf * figgy * figtree * not give a fig

    Verb

    (figg)
  • (obsolete) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.
  • * Shakespeare
    • When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard.
  • (obsolete) To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.
    • (rfquotek, L'Estrange)

    External links

    * ("fig" on Wikipedia) * (pedia) * (Ficus)

    Etymology 2

    Variation of fike.

    Verb

    (figg)
  • To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.

    • Etymology 3

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)

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    vig

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A charge taken on bets, as by a bookie or gambling establishment.
  • * 2009 , Wayne L. Winston, Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics , page 256,
    • The bookmaker's mean profit per dollar bet is called vigorish or “the vig.” In our example, 11 + 11 = $22 is bet, and the bookmaker wins $1 so the vig is 1/22 = 4.5%.
  • (slang) Interest from a loan shark's loan.
  • * 1973', '', quoted in '''2009 , Ellis Cashmore, ''Martin Scorsese's America , page 118,
    • “You charged a guy from the neighborhood $1800 vig ?” he asks incredulously (“vig” is short for vigorish , meaning a rate of interest from a loan from an illegal moneylender).
  • * 2005 , F. P. Lione, The Crossroads , Midtown Blue Book #2, page 100,
    • The guy was probably professional muscle, a leg breaker who collects vig for a loan shark. (Vig is a mob term for interest on loans to a loan shark.)
  • A commission, finder's fee, or similar extra charge.

    • Synonyms

    * vigorish * juice * overround ----