Dang vs Pang - What's the difference?
dang | pang |
(euphemistic) Damn.
(obsolete) (ding)
(obsolete) To dash.
(often, pluralized) paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; sudden and transitory agony; throe
* 1591 , , Henry VI, Part II , act 3, sc. 3,
* 1888 , , "The Nightingale and the Rose" in The Happy Prince and Other Tales ,
(often, pluralized) A sharp, sudden feeling of a mental or emotional nature, as of joy or sorrow
* 1867 , , The Guardian Angel , ch. 7,
to torment; to torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering
* 1918 , , "On Unanswering Letters" in Mince Pie ,
As a noun dang
is gait, figure.dang
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* darn, durnEtymology 2
See (m).Verb
(head)Etymology 3
Verb
(en verb)- Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage, Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage -
Anagrams
* ----pang
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)- See, how the pangs of death do make him grin!
- So the Nightingale pressed closer against the thorn, and the thorn touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot through her.
- He was startled with a piece of information which gave him such an exquisite pang of delight that he could hardly keep the usual quiet of his demeanor.
Verb
- It panged him so to say good-bye when he had to leave.