Hung vs Hug - What's the difference?
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(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
(obsolete) To crouch; huddle as with cold.
To cling closely together.
To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
To stay close to (the shore etc.)
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, title= (figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
* Glanvill
As verbs the difference between hung and hug
is that hung is past tense of hang while hug is to crouch; huddle as with cold.As an adjective hung
is suspended by hanging.As a noun hug is
an affectionate close embrace.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
*hug
English
(wikipedia hug)Verb
(hugg)- (Palsgrave)
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- We hug deformities if they bear our names.