Nudge vs Hug - What's the difference?
nudge | hug |
A gentle push.
(Internet) A feature of instant messaging software used to get the attention of another user, as by shaking the conversation window or playing a sound.
(fruit machines) The rotation by one step of a reel of the player's choice.
To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.
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To near or come close to something.
(obsolete) To crouch; huddle as with cold.
To cling closely together.
To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
To stay close to (the shore etc.)
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* Glanvill
As nouns the difference between nudge and hug
is that nudge is a gentle push while hug is younger sister.As a verb nudge
is to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.nudge
English
Noun
(en noun)- Since the machine was showing two lemons and a cherry, I decided to try a nudge .
Verb
(nudg)citation, passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges ” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}
See also
* nudge nudge wink winkhug
English
(wikipedia hug)Verb
(hugg)- (Palsgrave)
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
- We hug deformities if they bear our names.
