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Mugging vs Pugging - What's the difference?

mugging | pugging |

As nouns the difference between mugging and pugging

is that mugging is a quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place while pugging is mortar etc. laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound.

As verbs the difference between mugging and pugging

is that mugging is present participle of lang=en while pugging is present participle of lang=en.

mugging

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place.
    • There have been three muggings in this street in the past week.

    Verb

    (head)

    • pugging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • (architecture) mortar etc. laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound.

    • Synonyms

    * deafening (US)