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Nagging vs Gagging - What's the difference?

nagging | gagging |

As verbs the difference between nagging and gagging

is that nagging is present participle of lang=en while gagging is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between nagging and gagging

is that nagging is the action of the verb nag while gagging is a gag motion or reflex.

As an adjective nagging

is causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.

nagging

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb nag .
  • * 1998 , Norah Lillian Lewis, Dear editor and friends (page 127)
    • After breakfast it takes a stout heart and strong nerve to tackle the burden of dishwashing, separator, milk things, disorderly house, interspersed with quarrels, naggings , and interruptions of the children

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}

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    gagging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * gagging for it * gagging order

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gag motion or reflex.
    • She was restarted on L-DOPA later, in the middle of July, and this time the tongue-pulsions and gaggings were not evoked at all, but, on the contrary, a striking improvement occurred.'' — Oliver Sacks, ''Awakenings .