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Harassing vs Nagging - What's the difference?

harassing | nagging |

As verbs the difference between harassing and nagging

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

As nouns the difference between harassing and nagging

is that harassing is harassment while nagging is the action of the verb nag.

As an adjective nagging is

causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.

harassing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • harassment
  • * 1826 , Charles Swan, Journal of a voyage up the Mediterranean
    • Sometimes we observe these wretched peasants, driven to despair by the harassings of the Boyars, commit the useless imprudence of going to the capital, and, under the windows of the prince, with loud cries, require him to hear their claims.

    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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