Panga vs Pang - What's the difference?
panga | pang |
(East Africa, South Africa) A large broad-bladed knife.
* 1967 , (w, Ngugi wa Thiong'o), A Grain of Wheat , EAEP 2008, p. 77:
* 1994 , (Nelson Mandela), Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 690:
Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius , native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, .
A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.
(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 nouns the difference between panga and pang
is that panga is a large broad-bladed knife while pang is paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; sudden and transitory agony; throe.As a verb pang is
to torment; to torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering.panga
English
(wikipedia panga)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- She turned to the small basket she was carrying and took out a panga .
- I pleaded with them to lay down their arms, to take each other's hands in peace: ‘Take your guns, your knives and your pangas , and throw them into the sea!’
Etymology 2
Back-formation from the plural, from the stem of .(sa)(bn)Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From (etyl) .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.