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Hax vs Hag - What's the difference?

hax | hag |

As nouns the difference between hax and hag

is that hax is hacks, hacking, or something done by a hacker while hag is a witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard.

As a verb hag is

to harass; to weary with vexation.

hax

English

Noun

(-)
  • (slang, computing) hacks, hacking, or something done by a hacker.
    • OMG, hax ! That player just ran through a solid wall.
  • Game deciding luck based events in battles
    • The third critical hit in a row! You only win because of hax !

    References

    * Internet Slang Dictionary: an Authoritative Guide to Understanding Internet Slang and Netspeak , by Ryan Jones, Lulu.com, 2006, page 61 [http://books.google.com/books?id=1JmTUI-rrK4C&pg=PA61&dq=hax+internet&lr=&sig=ACfU3U0yK6Ur16u1wewmNrpcuCxF0jGw0w]

    hag

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) hagge, hegge 'demon, old woman', shortening of (etyl) '', ).1987, E. C. Polomé, R. Bergmann (editor), "Althochdeutsch ''hag(a)zussa'' 'Hexe': Versuch einer neuen Etymologie", ''Althochdeutsch 2 (Wörter und Namen. Forschungsgeschichte) , pages 1107-1112.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard.
  • * (rfdate) Golding
    • [Silenus] that old hag .
  • (pejorative) An ugly old woman.
  • A fury; a she-monster.
    • (Crashaw)
  • A hagfish; an eel-like marine marsipobranch, , allied to the lamprey, with a suctorial mouth, labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings.
  • A hagdon or shearwater.
  • An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
    • (Blount)
  • The fruit of the hagberry, Prunus padus .
    • Synonyms
    * (witch or sorceress) * (ugly old woman) See also * (fury or she-monster) * (eel-like marine marsipobranch) borer, hagfish, sleepmarken, slime eel, sucker * (hagdon or shearwater) * (appearance of light and fire on mane or hair) * (fruit of the hagberry)
    Derived terms
    * fag hag

    Verb

    (hagg)
  • To harass; to weary with vexation.
  • * L'Estrange
    • How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens.

    Etymology 2

    Scots ; compare English hack.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or enclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
  • * Fairfax
    • This said, he led me over hoults and hags ; / Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew.
  • A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
    • (Dugdale)

    References

    (Webster 1913)

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