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Plagued vs Badgered - What's the difference?

plagued | badgered |

As verbs the difference between plagued and badgered

is that plagued is past tense of plague while badgered is past tense of badger.

plagued

English

Verb

(head)
  • (plague)

    • plague

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium ''Yersinia pestis .
  • (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
  • A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
    • Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go.
  • A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates
    • Bart is an utter plague ; his pranks never cease.

    Synonyms

    * pest

    Derived terms

    * plaguesome * plaguey

    Verb

  • To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
    • Wikis are often plagued by vandalism
  • To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
    • ''Natural catastrophies plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland

    Derived terms

    * plaguer

    badgered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (badger)

    • Anagrams

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    badger

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A common name for any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and (American badger).
  • A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
  • (obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
  • (in the plural, obsolete, vulgar, cant) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
    • Synonyms
    * (native or resident of Wisconsin) Wisconsinite
    Holonyms
    * (mammal) cete, colony
    Derived terms
    * American badger * European badger * ferret-badger * hog badger * honey badger * stink badger
    See also
    * cete * meline * sett, set * (wikipedia) *

    Verb

  • to pester, to annoy persistently.
    • He kept badgering her about her bad habits.
  • (British, informal) To pass gas; to fart.
    • Synonyms
    * (to fart)

    Etymology 2

    ''(Possibly from "bagger". "Baggier" is cited by the OED in 1467-8)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
    • See also
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