Ranga vs Ginger - What's the difference?
ranga | ginger |
(Australia, slang, pejorative) An orange-haired or red-haired person.
* 2009 , , Sons of the Rumour ,
* 2010 , , Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010 , Large Print 16pt Edition,
* 2010 , Katrina Nannestad, Red Dirt Diary , HarperCollins Australia,
The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale , used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.
The plant that produces this rhizome.
Other species belonging to the same family, Zingiberaceae, especially those of the genus Zingiber
A reddish-brown colour/color.
A person with reddish-brown hair; a redhead.
(colloquial, uncountable) vitality, vigour, liveliness (of character)
To add ginger to.
To enliven, to spice (up).
* 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 886:
To apply ginger to the anus of a horse to encourage it to carry its tail high and move in a lively fashion.
To move gingerly.
* 1972 September 1, Paul Hemphill, “‘I Gotta Let the Kid Go’”, in , ISSN 0024-3019, Volume 73, Number 9,
* 1979 , Bill Marshall, Bukom , Longman, ISBN 9780582642232, page 83:
* 1992 , Donald Anderson, “My Name Is Stephen Mann”, in Aethlon'', reprinted in ''Fire Road , University of Iowa Press (2001), ISBN 978-0-87745-778-7,
* 2009 , Montana Kid Hammer, The Old West Adventures of Ornery and Slim: The Partnership , AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4389-1998-0,
(UK, Cockney rhyming slang) homosexual.
As nouns the difference between ranga and ginger
is that ranga is an orange-haired or red-haired person while ginger is the pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.As an adjective ginger is
of a reddish-brown colour.As a verb ginger is
to add ginger to.As a proper noun Ginger is
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English
Noun
(en noun)unnumbered page,
- You?re looking down upon ‘rangas ’ crossing at the traffic lights below. What a cheap but satisfying form of Dublin entertainment! With the sun out, the redheads of Dublin glow like copper wire.
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- Indeed, Julia Eileen Gillard may not even be the country?s first ranga prime minister; since all the old ones appear only in black and white, we can?t tell.
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- Fez?s resolutions:
- 3. I will not call Blue ‘Ranga Girl’.
Usage notes
Sometimes used as a nickname or epithet.See also
* BlueyAnagrams
* ----ginger
English
(wikipedia ginger)Etymology 1
(etyl) gingere, alteration of gingivere, from late (etyl) gingifer, gingiber (influenced by (etyl) gingibre), from ).Noun
Derived terms
* ginger ale * ginger beer * ginger group * ginger knob * ginger nut * ginger pop * ginger wine * gingerbread * gingerbread man * gingerette * gingerroot * gingersnap * gingery * Jamaica ginger * stem ginger * wild gingerDerived terms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- The accident was an excuse merely to replace an old-fashioned regular with old-fashioned notions by an active, fire-eating young general who would ginger things up.
Derived terms
* ginger upSee also
* parkin * redhead * shandy * shandygaff * turmeric *Etymology 2
Verb
(en verb)page 42:
- Spring training began on Christmas Day, when my cousin and I gingered onto the lot behind the fire station to try out our new spikes.
- She gingered her way into the river and timidly splashed into its waters.
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- I gingered my hands into my grandfather’s [boxing] gloves.
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- Takin’ good care not to topple into the depths o’ this muddy ol’ ooze, I gingered my way across the muddy path along the river’s edge until I arrived at that big hat.
