Hug vs Hugfest - What's the difference?
hug | hugfest |
(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.)
* , chapter=8
, title= (figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
* Glanvill
An event that is filled with or typified by hugging, or by saccharine emotionality that resembles hugging
*{{quote-news, year=1988, date=March 4, author=Justin Hayford, title=Ambiguous Gestures, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=By orchestrating this work with such cool reserve, Doolas avoided the pitfall of turning her celebration of womanhood into a free-for-all hugfest . }}
As nouns the difference between hug and hugfest
is that hug is younger sister while hugfest is an event that is filled with or typified by hugging, or by saccharine emotionality that resembles hugging.hug
English
(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.
Synonyms
* accoll (obsolete) * coll * embraceSee also
* cuddle * huggle * kiss * snuggle * squeezeDerived terms
* body-hugging ----hugfest
English
Noun
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