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Ranged vs Panged - What's the difference?

ranged | panged |

As verbs the difference between ranged and panged

is that ranged is past tense of range while panged is past tense of pang.

As an adjective ranged

is whose range can be adjusted.

ranged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (range)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a projectile, or projectile system) whose range can be adjusted

    • Derived terms

    * ranged weapon

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    panged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pang)

    • pang

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (often, pluralized) paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; sudden and transitory agony; throe
  • * 1591 , , Henry VI, Part II , act 3, sc. 3,
    • See, how the pangs of death do make him grin!
  • * 1888 , , "The Nightingale and the Rose" in The Happy Prince and Other Tales ,
    • So the Nightingale pressed closer against the thorn, and the thorn touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot through her.
  • (often, pluralized) A sharp, sudden feeling of a mental or emotional nature, as of joy or sorrow
  • * 1867 , , The Guardian Angel , ch. 7,
    • 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.

    Related terms

    * birth pangs * pang of conscience

    Verb

  • to torment; to torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering
  • * 1918 , , "On Unanswering Letters" in Mince Pie ,
    • It panged him so to say good-bye when he had to leave.

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