Mag vs Nag - What's the difference?
mag | nag |
magazine, the publication or ammunition
magnet
mag wheel
A small horse; a pony.
An old useless horse.
(obsolete, derogatory) A paramour.
* 1598 , , III. x. 11:
To repeatedly remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant matters.
To act inappropriately in the eyes of peers, to backstab, to verbally abuse.
To bother with persistent memories.
Other sorts of persistent annoyance, e.g.:
As nouns the difference between mag and nag
is that mag is magazine, the publication or ammunition while nag is a small horse; a pony.As a verb nag is
to repeatedly remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant matters.mag
English
Noun
(en noun)- brand new tires and steel style factory mags
Anagrams
* * * English abbreviations ----nag
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) nagge'', cognate with Dutch ''neggeNoun
(en noun)- Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt – Whom leprosy o'ertake!
Synonyms
* (old useless horse) dobbin, hack, jade, plugCoordinate terms
* (old useless horse) bum (racing )Etymology 2
Probably from a (etyl) source; compare Swedish .Verb
(nagg)- The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.
- A nagging pain in his left knee
- A nagging north wind