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Hugging vs Mugging - What's the difference?

hugging | mugging |

As verbs the difference between hugging and mugging

is that hugging is present participle of lang=en while mugging is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between hugging and mugging

is that hugging is the act of giving a hug while mugging is a quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place.

hugging

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving a hug.
  • * 1844 , Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Tales and Sketches
    • There began to be some movement preparatory to the resumption of our journey, and, after many huggings and kissings, the family parted, and the wagon drove off

    mugging

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place.
    • There have been three muggings in this street in the past week.

    Verb

    (head)