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Hung vs Adrift - What's the difference?

hung | adrift |

As adjectives the difference between hung and adrift

is that hung is suspended by hanging while adrift is floating at random.

As a verb hung

is (hang).

As an adverb adrift is

in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.

hung

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hang)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suspended by hanging.
  • Having hanging additions or appendages.
  • (legal) Of a jury, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial.
  • Of a legislature, lacking a majority political party.
  • (computing, colloquial) Of a computer or similar device, receiving power but not functioning as desired; working very slowly or not at all. The condition is often corrected by rebooting the computer.
  • Having large genitals (often preceded by an adverb, e.g. well hung).
  • Men with big feet tend to be hung like a horse.
  • having a penis of a certain size
  • Synonyms

    * (endowed with a large penis) horse-hung, hung like a horse/hung like a donkey, well-hung, well-endowed

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    adrift

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Floating at random.
  • So on the sea shall be set adrift . --Dryden.
  • (of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
  • Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
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  • , year=2014 , date=December 21 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 2 - 2 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Brendan Rodgers's team moved into the top 10 in the Premier League table, but they are nine points adrift of West Ham in fourth place, while Arsenal are sixth.}}

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.