Bangiest vs Rangiest - What's the difference?
bangiest | rangiest |
(bangy)
(India) A type of yoke carried on the shoulders, as a means for people to carry a load.
* {{quote-book
, year=1837
, author=Asiatic Society of Bengal
, title=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
, chapter=
Characterized by a lot of banging sounds; clangy.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 3, author=The New York Times, title=Music in Review, work=New York Times
, passage=But her performance of Beethoven’s Sonata No. 30 in E (whose finale includes Baroque references, like a fugato) at times sounded bangy , although there were lovely moments in the Andante. }}
(rangy)
Slender and long of limb; lanky
:For an accountant, Robert had a rangy appearance.
:Her African violets weren't getting enough sun and became rangy .
Prone to roaming around with animal-like movements.
Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
As adjectives the difference between bangiest and rangiest
is that bangiest is superlative of bangy while rangiest is superlative of rangy.bangiest
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
* *bangy
English
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
* banghy * bhangyNoun
(bangies)citation, isbn= , page=267 , passage=The men, to the number of 800, march in single file, and each man occupies a space of six feet, being obliged to carry a bangy' containing his provisions, cooking pots, &c. besides his musket, which is tied to the ' bangy stick.}}
Etymology 2
Adjective
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