Malinger vs Custard - What's the difference?
malinger | custard |
To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work or obligation.
(uncountable) A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches.
(countable) Any particular variety of custard.
As a verb malinger
is to feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work or obligation.As a noun custard is
(uncountable) a type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches.malinger
English
Verb
(en verb)- It is not uncommon on exam days for several students to malinger rather than prepare themselves.