Hung vs Hanging - What's the difference?
hung | hanging |
(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
Suspended.
(chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.
(uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide).
* {{quote-book
, year = 1728
, chapter = The Atheist, or, the Second Part of the Solider's Fortune
, title = The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway
, volume = 2
, first = Thomas
, last = Otway
, authorlink = Thomas Otway
, location = London
, page = 37
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=yF1AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA37
, passage = No, Sir, 'tis fear of Hanging . Who would not ?teal, or do Murder, every time his Fingers itch'd at it, were it not for fear of the Gallows?
}}
(countable) A public event at which a person is hanged.
(countable) Anything wide, high and rather thin that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, wallpaper or posters).
(uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
As verbs the difference between hung and hanging
is that hung is past tense of hang while hanging is present participle of lang=en.As adjectives the difference between hung and hanging
is that hung is suspended by hanging while hanging is suspended.As a noun hanging is
the act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide).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
*hanging
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
Derived terms
* hanging garden * hanging loop * hanging participleNoun
(wikipedia hanging)- Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
- The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
- The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.
- I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.