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Nagging vs Ragging - What's the difference?

nagging | ragging |

As verbs the difference between nagging and ragging

is that nagging is present participle of lang=en while ragging is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between nagging and ragging

is that nagging is the action of the verb nag while ragging is the act of one who rags or teases.

As an adjective nagging

is causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.

nagging

English

Verb

(head)

    • 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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    ragging

    English

    (wikipedia ragging)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who rags or teases.
  • * 2008 , Andrew Wells, Never Quite Depraved
    • But she was openly nice to me after that day under the trailer, and her acceptance of me (probably combined with her father's position in the military hierarchy) led to a gradual end to the raggings I received