Pug vs Puppy - What's the difference?
pug | puppy |
Term of endearment (probably related to puck).
A bargeman.
A harlot; a prostitute.
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.
(obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
Any geometrid moth of the genus .
To mix and stir when wet.
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.
A young dog, usually cute and playful.
A young rat.
A young seal.
(slang, usually, in the plural) A woman’s breast.
(informal) A (generic) thing; particularly something that is a nuisance; a sucker.
(derogatory) A conceited and impertinent person.
* Addison
To bring forth whelps; to pup.
In lang=en terms the difference between pug and puppy
is that pug is 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 while puppy is to bring forth whelps; to pup.As nouns the difference between pug and puppy
is that pug is term of endearment (probably related to puck) while puppy is a young dog, usually cute and playful.As verbs the difference between pug and puppy
is that pug is to mix and stir when wet while puppy is to bring forth whelps; to pup.pug
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Cotgrave)
- (Ben Jonson)
- (Holland)
Derived terms
* pug nose * pug-nosedVerb
(pugg)- to pug clay for bricks or pottery
Anagrams
* ---- ==Volapük==Declension
(vo-decl-noun)puppy
English
Noun
(puppies)- I have another two dozen of these puppies to finish before I can go home.
- I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy with a money bag under each arm.