Gonged vs Ganged - What's the difference?
gonged | ganged |
(gong)
(musici) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
(British, informal) A medal or award.
To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
* 1903 , H. G. Wells, The Truth About Pyecraft
(gang)
A going, journey; a course, path, track.
* 1840 , Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Woodnotes I":
* 1869 , Papa André , Once a Week, page
* 1895 , Frederick Tupper Jr., Anglo-Saxon Dæg-Mæl , Modern Language Association of America, page
A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
(US) A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit, or a group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
(US) A chain gang.
A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
A set; all required for an outfit.
(electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
(electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
(mining) The mineral substance which encloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
As verbs the difference between gonged and ganged
is that gonged is (gong) while ganged is (gang).gonged
English
Verb
(head)gong
English
Etymology 1
(wikipedia gong) From (etyl) gongNoun
(en noun)Verb
- Poor old Pyecraft! He has just gonged , no doubt to order another buttered tea-cake!
Etymology 2
Derived terms
* gong farmer ----ganged
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*gang
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) gangen, from (etyl) . Ultimately: related to etym. 2, see below.Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) gang, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch gang, Icelandic gangur, Norwegian gang ("hallway"), Old Norse gangr (passage, hallway).Noun
(en noun)- In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers’ gang / Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang
418/1:
- That week was also called the Gang Week, from the Saxon'' ganger'', to go; and the Rogation days were termed the Gang Days.
229:
- Neither Marshall nor Bouterwek makes clear the connection existing between the Gang-days and the Major and Minor Litanies.
- the Gashouse Gang
- The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.
- a gang''' of sailors; a railroad '''gang .
- a youth gang'''; a neighborhood '''gang'''; motorcycle '''gang .
- the Winter Hill gang'''; the '''Gang of Four.
- Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster.
- a gang''' of saws; a '''gang of plows.
- a new gang of stays.
- an outlet gang''' box; a double '''gang switch.
- a gang of wires
- Do a drop for the telephone gang''', then another drop for the internet '''gang , both through the ceiling of the wiring closet.