Nag vs Nab - What's the difference?
nag | nab |
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 seize, arrest or take into custody a criminal or fugitive
To grab or snatch something
The summit of an eminence.
The cock of a gunlock.
(locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
As a noun nag
is a small horse; a pony or nag can be one who.As a verb nag
is to repeatedly remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant matters.As an initialism nab is
(banking).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
* * * * ----nab
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(nabb)Synonyms
* (To arrest a criminal or fugitive) nick, bustDerived terms
* nabber * kidnapEtymology 2
Compare knap, knop, knob.Noun
(en noun)- (Halliwell)
- (Knight)
- (Knight)
