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Maw vs Mag - What's the difference?

maw | mag |

As nouns the difference between maw and mag

is that maw is the stomach, especially of an animal while mag is magazine, the publication or ammunition.

maw

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mawe, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) the stomach, especially of an animal
  • * 1667 , , Paradise Lost, Book X
  • So Death shall be deceav'd his glut, and with us two / Be forc'd to satisfie his Rav'nous Maw .
  • the upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a ravenous creature.
  • * 1818 , , Endymion
  • To save poor lambkins from the eagle's maw
  • any great, insatiable or perilous opening.
  • Appetite; inclination.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
  • Unless you had more maw to do me good.

    Etymology 2

    By shortening of mother

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect, colloquial) Mother.
  • Etymology 3

    See .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gull.
  • Anagrams

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    mag

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • magazine, the publication or ammunition
  • magnet
  • mag wheel
  • brand new tires and steel style factory mags

    Anagrams

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