Nag vs Nog - What's the difference?
nag | nog |
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.:
A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.
(shipbuilding) A treenail to fasten the shores.
to fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.
(shipbuilding) to fasten, as shores, with treenails.
(offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A dark-skinned person; nig-nog.
(AU, dated, ethnic slur) A Vietnamese person.
As nouns the difference between nag and nog
is that nag is a small horse; a pony or nag can be one who while nog is egg.As a verb nag
is to repeatedly remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant matters.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
