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Hog vs Sow - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between hog and sow

is that hog is to clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly while sow is to scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).

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)

    sow

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) sowe, from (etyl) sugu, from (etyl) (ae)). See also swine .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A female pig.
  • A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
  • A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
  • * 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p. 160:
    • In England, it was generally termed a 'sow' , if the weight was above 10 cwts., if below, it was termed a 'pig' from which the present term 'pig iron' is derived.
  • (derogatory, slang) A contemptible, often fat woman.
  • A sowbug.
  • (military) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.
    • (Craig)
    Usage notes
    The plural form swine is now obsolete in this sense.
    Synonyms
    * (mass of metal solidified in a mold) ingot * (contemptible woman) bitch, cow
    Derived terms
    * make a silk purse of a sow's ear

    See also

    * boar * hog * pig

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) sowen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
    • When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.
    As you sow , so shall you reap.
  • (figurative) To spread abroad; to propagate.
  • * Addison
    • And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers.
  • (figurative) To scatter over; to besprinkle.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles.
  • * Milton
    • [He] sowed with stars the heaven.
    Synonyms
    * plant, scatter
    Derived terms
    * reap what one sows *

    Anagrams

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