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Mugging vs Tugging - What's the difference?

mugging | tugging |

As nouns the difference between mugging and tugging

is that mugging is a quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place while tugging is the action of something that tugs; a pull.

As verbs the difference between mugging and tugging

is that mugging is present participle of lang=en while tugging is present participle of tug.

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)

    • tugging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of something that tugs; a pull.
  • * 1951 , Raymond F. Jones, Renaissance
    • Yet there began to be insistent tuggings as if from a dream that could not be recalled.