Nag vs Harry - What's the difference?
nag | harry | 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.:
To bother; to trouble.
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To strip; to lay waste.
* Washington Irving
* J. Burroughs
As verbs the difference between nag and harry
is that nag is to repeatedly remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant matters while harry is to bother; to trouble.As a noun nag
is a small horse; a pony.As a proper noun Harry is
a given name derived from Germanic, also used as a pet form of Henry and Harold.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
Anagrams
* * * * ----harry
English
Verb
(en-verb)- We shall harry the enemy at every turn until his morale breaks and he is at our mercy.
- (Shakespeare)
- The Northmen came several times and harried the land.
- to harry this beautiful region
- A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.
