Jag vs Jug - What's the difference?
jag | jug |
A sharp projection.
* Holland
A part broken off; a fragment.
(botany) A cleft or division.
(Scotland) A medical injection.
To cut unevenly.
(Pittsburgh) To tease.
A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 88:
a one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
A serving vessel or container, circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, a handle and often a stopper or top.
The amount that a jug can hold.
(slang) Jail.
(vulgar, slang, chiefly, in the plural) A woman's breasts.
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(New Zealand) A kettle.
To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
(slang) To put into jail.
To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
(of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.
As nouns the difference between jag and jug
is that jag is a sharp projection while jug is a serving vessel or container, circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, a handle and often a stopper or top.As verbs the difference between jag and jug
is that jag is to cut unevenly while jug is to stew in an earthenware jug etc.As an acronym JAG
is judge Advocate General.jag
English
Etymology 1
The noun is from late (etyl) jagge, the verb is from jaggen.Noun
(en noun)- garments thus beset with long jags
- (Bishop Hacket)
Derived terms
* (l)Verb
Etymology 2
Circa 1597; originally "load of broom or furze", variant of British English dialectal , of unknown origin.Noun
(en noun)- ‘People who spend their money for second-hand sex jags are as nervous as dowagers who can't find the rest-room.’
See also
* Jag * JAGAnagrams
* ----jug
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* jug band * jug ears * measuring jugExternal links
* (wikipedia "jug")Verb
(jugg)- jugged hare