Mug vs Jug - What's the difference?
mug | jug |
(archaic) Easily fooled, gullible.
* 1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
A large cup for hot liquids, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.
(slang) The face, often used deprecatingly.
(slang, vulgar) A gullible or easily-cheated person.
(UK, slang) A stupid or contemptible person.
To strike in the face.
*1821 , The Fancy , i. p.261:
*:Madgbury showed game, drove Abbot in a corner, but got well Mugg'd.
*1857 , "The Leary Man", in Anglicus Ducange, The Vulgar Tongue
*:And if you come to fibbery, You must Mug one or two,
*1866 , London Miscellany , 5 May, p.102:
*:"Suppose they had Mugged' you?" / "Done what to me?" / "' Mugged you. Slogged you, you know."
(lb) To assault for the purpose of robbery.
(lb) To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose, as for photographs or in a performance, in an exaggerated or affected manner.
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(lb) To photograph for identification; to take a mug shot.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
Learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.
A serving vessel or container, circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, a handle and often a stopper or top.
The amount that a jug can hold.
(slang) Jail.
(vulgar, slang, chiefly, in the plural) A woman's breasts.
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(New Zealand) A kettle.
To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
(slang) To put into jail.
To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
(of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.
In lang=en terms the difference between mug and jug
is that mug is the face, often used deprecatingly while jug is jail.In transitive terms the difference between mug and jug
is that mug is to photograph for identification; to take a mug shot while jug is to stew in an earthenware jug etc.In intransitive terms the difference between mug and jug
is that mug is to exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose, as for photographs or in a performance, in an exaggerated or affected manner while jug is to utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.As nouns the difference between mug and jug
is that mug is a large cup for hot liquids, usually having a handle and used without a saucer while jug is a serving vessel or container, circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, a handle and often a stopper or top.As verbs the difference between mug and jug
is that mug is to strike in the face while jug is to stew in an earthenware jug etc.As an adjective mug
is easily fooled, gullible.mug
English
Adjective
(mugger)- "Great heavens! Is it?" Drummond helped himself to marmalade. "And to think that I once pictured myself skewering Huns with it. Do you think anybody would be mug enough to buy it, James?"
Noun
(en noun)- What an ugly mug .
- He’s a gullible mug – he believed her again.
Synonyms
* (face) mush * (gullible person) SeeDerived terms
(face) * mug book * mug shot (gullible person) * mug’s gameSee also
* cup * pannikinDescendants
* Finnish: (l) * Swedish: (l)Verb
(mugg)References
Derived terms
* mug off * mug upReferences
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* ----jug
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* jug band * jug ears * measuring jugExternal links
* (wikipedia "jug")Verb
(jugg)- jugged hare