Nagging vs Whining - What's the difference?
nagging | whining |
The action of the verb nag .
* 1998 , Norah Lillian Lewis, Dear editor and friends (page 127)
Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
, author=Michael Riordan
, title=Tackling Infinity
, volume=100, issue=1, page=86
, magazine=
As verbs the difference between nagging and whining
is that nagging is while whining is .As nouns the difference between nagging and whining
is that nagging is the action of the verb nag while whining is .As an adjective nagging
is causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.nagging
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- 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)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.}}
