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Hug vs Wasp - What's the difference?

hug | wasp |

As nouns the difference between hug and wasp

is that hug is younger sister while wasp is any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee or wasp can be a member of the dominant american upper-class culture, a white anglo-saxon protestant.

hug

English

(wikipedia hug)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An affectionate close embrace.
  • Verb

    (hugg)
  • (obsolete) To crouch; huddle as with cold.
  • (Palsgrave)
  • To cling closely together.
  • To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
  • To stay close to (the shore etc.)
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  • (figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
  • * Glanvill
  • We hug deformities if they bear our names.

    Synonyms

    * accoll (obsolete) * coll * embrace

    See also

    * cuddle * huggle * kiss * snuggle * squeeze

    Derived terms

    * body-hugging ----

    wasp

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (referring to the insect's woven nests). Compare Dutch (m), German (m), Danish (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee.
  • A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish.
  • (-)

    See also

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    Etymology 2

    Originally an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the dominant American upper-class culture, a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
  • See also

    * cracker * honky

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