Hogged vs Hugged - What's the difference?
hogged | hugged |
(hog)
(nautical) Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends.
(hug)
(obsolete) To crouch; huddle as with cold.
To cling closely together.
To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
To stay close to (the shore etc.)
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, title= (figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
* Glanvill
As verbs the difference between hogged and hugged
is that hogged is (hog) while hugged is (hug).As an adjective hogged
is (nautical) broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends.hogged
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(en adjective)hugged
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(head)hug
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(wikipedia hug)Verb
(hugg)- (Palsgrave)
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
- We hug deformities if they bear our names.