Hung vs Adrift - What's the difference?
hung | adrift |
(hang)
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).
having a penis of a certain size
Floating at random.
(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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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)Adjective
(en adjective)- Men with big feet tend to be hung like a horse.
Synonyms
* (endowed with a large penis) horse-hung, hung like a horse/hung like a donkey, well-hung, well-endowedAnagrams
*adrift
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- So on the sea shall be set adrift . --Dryden.
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