Gonged vs Gorged - What's the difference?
gonged | gorged |
(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
With a stomach stuffed full of food.
*(rfdate) ,
*:Gorged nearly to the uttermost when he entered the restaurant, the smell of food had almost caused him to lose his honor as a gentleman, but he rallied like a true knight.
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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
(lb) With the neck collared or encircled by an object.
(gorge)
As verbs the difference between gonged and gorged
is that gonged is (gong) while gorged is (gorge).As an adjective gorged is
with a stomach stuffed full of food.gonged
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Verb
(head)gong
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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!