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Hog vs Jog - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between hog and jog

is that hog is any animal belonging to the suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar while jog is a form of exercise, slower than a run; an energetic trot.

As verbs the difference between hog and jog

is that hog is to greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others while jog is to push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.

hog

English

(wikipedia hog)

Alternative forms

* (qualifier) 'og

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
  • (lb) An adult swine .
  • * 2005 April, Live Swine from Canada, Investigation No. 731-TA-1076 (Final), publication 3766, April 2005, U.S. International Trade Commission (ISBN 1457819899), page I-9:
    • Weanlings grow into feeder pigs, and feeder pigs grow into slaughter hogs'. Ultimately the end use for virtually all pigs and ' hogs is to be slaughtered for the production of pork and other products.
  • A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
  • (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a .
  • (UK) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
  • (nautical) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
    • (Totten)
  • A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
  • A shilling coin; its value, 12 old pence.
  • *1933 , (George Orwell), (Down and Out in Paris and London) , xxix
  • *:‘’Ere]] s' for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ' [['og, ’og for the cap and scarf. That’s seven bob.’
  • *1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
  • *:hog' (pl]] ' hog ). A shilling: (ca 1670), c.; in C.19–20, low [[slang, s.
  • A tanner, a sixpence coin; its value.
  • *1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
  • *:hog' (pl]] ' hog )... 2. In C.18–early 19, occ. a sixpence: also c., whence the U.S. sense. Prob. [[from, ex the figure of a hog on a small silver coin.
  • A half-crown coin; its value, 30 old pence.
  • *1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
  • *:hog' (pl]] ' hog )... 3. A half-crown: [[circa, ca 1860–1910.

    • Hyponyms

    * (shilling coins) white hog, black hog

    Derived terms

    * groundhog * hedgehog * high on the hog * hogback, Hog's Back * hog-baying * hogcote * hog heaven * hog island * hog waller (hog wallow) * hog-wallowing * hog-wild * hog line * hog maw * hog-rubber * hog town * hogherd * hoggish * hoggishly * hoggy * hogshead * road hog * sea hog * whole hog, go whole hog

    Verb

    (hogg)
  • To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
    • Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets.
    2000 DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie , Scholastic Inc., New York, Ch 15:
    The [...] air-conditioning unit didn't work very good, and there was only one fan; and from the minute me and Winn-Dixie got in the library, he hogged it all.
  • To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
    • (Smart)
  • (nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
  • (nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).

    • Synonyms

    * (take greedily) (l)

    See also

    * cold shoulder * pork barrel * swine

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • hole

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    jog

    English

    (wikipedia jog)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A form of exercise, slower than a run; an energetic trot.

    • Verb

    (jogg)
  • To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.
    • jog one's elbow
  • * John Donne
    • Now leaps he upright, jogs me, and cries: Do you see / Yonder well-favoured youth?
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Sudden I jogged Ulysses, who was laid / Fast by my side.
  • To shake, stir or rouse.
    • I tried desperately to jog my memory.
  • (exercise) To move in an energetic trot.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Jog' on, ' jog on, the footpath way.
  • * Milton
    • So hung his destiny, never to rot, / While he might still jog on and keep his trot.
  • * Robert Browning
    • The good old ways our sires jogged safely over.
  • To cause to move at an energetic trot.
    • to jog a horse
  • To straighten stacks of paper by lightly tapping against a flat surface.

    • Related terms

    * jogging ----