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Nagging vs Agging - What's the difference?

nagging | agging |

As adjectives the difference between nagging and agging

is that nagging is causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance while agging is egging on; raising quarrels (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)

As a verb nagging

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun nagging

is the action of the verb nag.

nagging

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb nag .
  • * 1998 , Norah Lillian Lewis, Dear editor and friends (page 127)
    • After breakfast it takes a stout heart and strong nerve to tackle the burden of dishwashing, separator, milk things, disorderly house, interspersed with quarrels, naggings , and interruptions of the children

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}

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    agging

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) egging on; raising quarrels (used in )

    • References

    * G. A. Cooke, The County of Devon

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