Begged vs Kegged - What's the difference?
begged | kegged |
(beg)
to request the help of someone, often in the form of money
to plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Matthew xxvii. 58
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 5
to assume, in the phrase (beg the question)
(proscribed) to raise a question, in the phrase (beg the question)
(legal, obsolete) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
* Harrington
(keg)
A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
*
To store in a keg.
* 2011 , Carla Kelly, Coming Home for Christmas (page 116)
* 2015 , Randy Mosher, Mastering Homebrew (page 228)
As verbs the difference between begged and kegged
is that begged is (beg) while kegged is (keg).begged
English
Verb
(head)beg
English
(wikipedia beg)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), assimilation from (etyl) *.Verb
(begg)- He begged on the street corner from passers-by.
- I beg your pardon. I didn't mean to cause offence.
- He begged her to go to the prom with him .
- I do beg your good will in this case.
- [Joseph] begged the body of Jesus.
- But that same day came Sam Tewkesbury to the Why Not? about nightfall, and begged a glass of rum, being, as he said, 'all of a shake'
- Else some will beg thee, in the court of wards.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeAntonyms
* (raise a question)Derived terms
* beg the question * go begging * beg to differSee also
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m).Etymology 3
kegged
English
Verb
(head)keg
English
(wikipedia keg)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* barrelDerived terms
* keg standVerb
- He gestured toward the empty chair and the other officers began passing him their kegged beef and ship's biscuit.
- Many of us get impatient with the tedium of bottling after a year or two and start thinking about kegging our beers instead.