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Pug vs Dachshund - What's the difference?

pug | dachshund |

As nouns the difference between pug and dachshund

is that pug is term of endearment (probably related to puck) while dachshund is .

As a verb pug

is to mix and stir when wet.

pug

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Term of endearment (probably related to puck).
  • A bargeman.
  • A harlot; a prostitute.
  • (Cotgrave)
  • A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
  • An upper servant in a great house.
  • The footprint of an animal. (Also pugmark ) (From the Hindi for 'foot', related to Sanskrit 'padh' and Greek 'ped')
  • Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil )
  • A pug mill.
  • (obsolete, slang) A pugilist or boxer.
  • (obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.
  • (Ben Jonson)
  • (obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
  • (Holland)
  • Any geometrid moth of the genus .
  • Derived terms

    * pug nose * pug-nosed

    Verb

    (pugg)
  • To mix and stir when wet.
  • to pug clay for bricks or pottery
  • To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound.
  • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • slaughter, slaughtering
  • butchery, butchering
  • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    dachshund

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including miniature, long-haired, and short-haired varieties.
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  • Synonyms

    * sausage dog * wiener dog

    See also

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