Nag vs Beset - What's the difference?
nag | beset | Related terms |
A small horse; a pony.
An old useless horse.
(obsolete, derogatory) A paramour.
* 1598 , , III. x. 11:
To repeatedly remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant matters.
To act inappropriately in the eyes of peers, to backstab, to verbally abuse.
To bother with persistent memories.
Other sorts of persistent annoyance, e.g.:
(label) To surround or hem in
(label) To attack, especially from all sides
(label) To decorate something with jewels etc
(label) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice
Nag is a related term of beset.
As verbs the difference between nag and beset
is that nag is to repeatedly remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant matters while beset is (label) to surround or hem in.As a noun nag
is a small horse; a pony or nag can be one who.nag
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) nagge'', cognate with Dutch ''neggeNoun
(en noun)- Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt – Whom leprosy o'ertake!
Synonyms
* (old useless horse) dobbin, hack, jade, plugCoordinate terms
* (old useless horse) bum (racing )Etymology 2
Probably from a (etyl) source; compare Swedish .Verb
(nagg)- The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.
- A nagging pain in his left knee
- A nagging north wind