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Rasping vs Ragged - What's the difference?

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Rasping is a related term of ragged.


As adjectives the difference between rasping and ragged

is that rasping is raspy while ragged is rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.

As verbs the difference between rasping and ragged

is that rasping is while ragged is (rag).

As a noun rasping

is a rasping sound.

rasping

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • raspy
    • He spoke in a rasping voice due to throat cancer.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rasping sound

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    ragged

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rag)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.
    • a ragged coat
    a ragged sail
  • Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged.
    • ragged rocks
  • Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.
  • * (rfdate) .
    • A ragged noise of mirth.
  • Wearing tattered clothes.
    • a ragged fellow
  • Rough; shaggy; rugged.
  • * (rfdate), .
    • What shepherd owns those ragged sheep?
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 19 , author=Paul fletcher , title=Blackpool 1-2 West Ham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Allardyce's side had led at the break through a Carlton Cole strike but after Thomas Ince - son of former Hammers midfielder Paul - levelled shortly after the restart, the match became increasingly stretched and ragged .}}

    Derived terms

    * ragged lady * raggedly * raggedness * ragged robin * ragged sailor * ragged school

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