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Fog vs Hog - What's the difference?

fog | hog |

In lang=en terms the difference between fog and hog

is that fog is to pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from while hog is to clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.

As nouns the difference between fog and hog

is that fog is (label) a thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud or fog can be a new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed 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 fog and hog

is that fog is to become covered with or as if with fog or fog can be to pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from while hog is to greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.

fog

English

(wikipedia fog)

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; perhaps a or perhaps related to the Dutch vocht and German feucht (moisture)

Noun

  • (label) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
  • *
  • *:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog -laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
  • (label) A mist or film clouding a surface.
  • A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
  • :
  • *, chapter=4
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.}}
  • (label) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
  • Usage notes
    * To count sense thick cloud , bank of fog is usually used. * To count sense clouding a surface , foggy patch is usually used.
    Synonyms
    * (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision) mist, haze * (mist or film clouding a surface) steam * (state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion) daze, haze
    Derived terms
    * fog bank * fogbell * fogbound * foggy * foghorn * fog lamp * fog layer * fog light * fog of war * fog signal * in a fog * fog drip

    Verb

    (fogg)
  • To become covered with or as if with fog.
  • To become obscured in condensation or water.
  • The mirror fogged every time he showered.
  • (photography) To become dim or obscure.
  • To cover with or as if with fog.
  • * 1968 , Eighth Annual Report , Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg, p 7:
  • Fogging' for adult mosquito control began on June 4th in residential areas. Until September 25th, the Metro area was ' fogged eleven times, using nine truck-mounted foggers, eight hand swing foggers, and two boats.
  • To obscure in condensation or water.
  • *
  • To make confusing or obscure.
  • (photography) To make dim or obscure.
  • To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
  • * Dryden
  • Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee?
    Synonyms
    * (to become obscured in condensation or water) become cloudy, become steamy * (to make confusing or obscure) blur, cloud, obscure

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain; compare Norwegian fogg .

    Noun

    (-)
  • A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
  • (UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season; foggage.
  • (Halliwell)
  • (Scotland) Moss.
  • Derived terms
    * fogey * fogram * fogrum * fogy

    Verb

    (fogg)
  • To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.
  • References

    * * ----

    hog

    English

    (wikipedia hog)

    Alternative forms

    * (qualifier) 'og

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • (Totten)
  • 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.
  • Hyponyms

    * (shilling coins) white hog, black hog

    Derived 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 hog

    Verb

    (hogg)
  • To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
  • 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.
  • To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
  • (Smart)
  • (nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
  • (nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
  • Synonyms

    * (take greedily) (l)

    See also

    * cold shoulder * pork barrel * swine

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • hole
  • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)