Live vs Hang - What's the difference?
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(lb) To be alive; to have life.
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(lb) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
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*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
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, title= (lb) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
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To cope.
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(lb) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
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*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 19, author=Kerry Brown, title=
, passage=By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.}}
*{{quote-magazine, title=
, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=11, magazine=(The Economist)
, passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}
(lb) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
*(John Foxe) (1516/7-1587)
*:to live the Gospel
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To outlast danger; to float; said of a ship, boat, etc.
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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:a strong mast that lived upon the sea
(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
Being in existence; actual
Having active properties; being energized.
Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.
(engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
(sports) Still in active play.
(broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
Of a performance or speech, in person.
Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.
Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
(circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
(poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
Being in a state of ignition; burning.
(obsolete) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
(obsolete) Vivid; bright.
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Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
Of making a performance or speech, in person.
(lb) To be or remain suspended.
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*:On the dark-green walls hung a series of eight engravings, portraits of early Victorian belles, clad in lace and tarletan ball dresses, clipped from an old Book of Beauty. Mrs. Bunting was very fond of these pictures; she thought they gave the drawing-room a note of elegance and refinement.
(lb) To float, as if suspended.
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(lb) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
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(lb) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger or the like.
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::It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
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*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=3 To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
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To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
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(lb) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
(lb) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
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(lb) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
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To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
*1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine , Ch.X:
*:Exploring, I found another short gallery running transversely to the first. This appeared to be devoted to minerals, and the sight of a block of sulphur set my mind running on gunpowder. But I could find no saltpeter; indeed no nitrates of any kind. Doubtless they had deliquesced ages ago. Yet the sulphur hung in my mind and set up a train of thinking.
To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard or mouse.
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To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
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To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
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To be vulnerable to capture.
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The way in which something hangs.
(figuratively) A grip, understanding
(computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices.
A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
(Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap, processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
In intransitive terms the difference between live and hang
is that live is to survive; to persevere; to continue while hang is to float, as if suspended.In transitive terms the difference between live and hang
is that live is to act habitually in conformity with; to practice while hang is to decorate (something) with hanging objects.As an adjective live
is having life; that is alive.As an adverb live
is of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.As a noun hang is
the way in which something hangs.live
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) liven, from (etyl) ), Dutch ''leven'', Old High German ''leb?n]]'' (German ''leben''), Old Norse ''lifa'' (Swedish ''leva ), Gothic [[???????????????????? (liban).Verb
(liv)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
Kim Jong-il obituary, work=The Guardian
Towards the end of poverty
Derived terms
* live and die * live and let live * live down * live for the day * live in sin * live in the past * live large * live off * live on * live on the edge * live out * live over * live over the brush * live the dream * live up * live with * long live * outlive * overlive * reliveSee also
* abide * dwell * reside * stayEtymology 2
See aliveAdjective
(-)- The post office will not ship live animals.
- He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
- the live spindle of a lathe
- a live ball
- The station presented a live news program every evening.
- This nightclub has a live band on weekends.
- The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.
- Use caution when working near live wires.
- Tommy's blind was live , so he was given the option to raise.
- a live''' coal; '''live embers
- a live man, or orator
- the live carnation
Usage notes
* Live'' in the sense of "having life" is used only attributively (before a noun), as in "live animals". Predicatively (after the noun), ''alive'' is used, as in "be alive". ''Living may be used either attributively or predicatively.Synonyms
* (having life) living, alive * (electrically charged) hot * (in person) in person, in the fleshAntonyms
* (having life) dead * (capable of causing harm) blank, dummy * (electrically charged) neutral, dead * (as it happens) recorded, prerecorded * (in person) broadcast * (featuring humans) animatedDerived terms
* lively * live one * live rail * live wireCompounds
* live actors * live action * live album * live broadcast * live recordingAdverb
(en adverb)- The concert was broadcast live by radio.
- ''He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.
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English
(wikipedia hang)Etymology 1
A fusion of (etyl) .Verb
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Synonyms
* (be or remain suspended) be suspended, dangle * (float as if suspended) float, hover * lynch, string up * (be executed) go to the gallows, swing (informal) * (loiter) hang about, hang around, loiter * freeze, lock up * suspend * (hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect) drop, lower * (to place on a hook) hook, hook up * (exhibit) exhibit, show * put up * bedeck, deck, decorate * freeze, lock up * *Usage notes
* Formerly, at least through the 16th century, the past tense of the transitive use of (term) was (hanged) (see quote from King James Bible, above). This form is retained for the legal senses "to be executed by suspension from the neck" and "to execute by suspension from the neck" and (hung) for all other meanings. However, this rule is not uniformly understood or observed. (term) is sometimes substituted for (term), which would be considered inappropriate in legal or other formal writing (for the applicable senses only) or, more rarely, vice versa . See also – in Old English there were separate words for transitive (whence (term)) and intransitive (whence (term)).Derived terms
* behang * hang a left * hang a right * hang about * hang around * hang back * hangdog * * hanger * hang fire * hang-glider * hang in * hang in the balance * hang in there * hanging * hang it * hangman * hangnail * hang off * hang on * hang onto * hang out * hang out to dry * hang-out, hangout * hangover * hang ten * hang together * hang tough * hang up * hang-up, hangup * I'll be hanged * leave hanging * overhang * underhangNoun
(en noun)- ''This skirt has a nice hang .
- ''He got the hang of it after only two demonstrations
- ''We sometimes get system hangs .