Rung vs Lung - What's the difference?
rung | lung |
A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
(nautical, dated) A floor timber in a ship.
(dated) One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
(engineering, dated) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel.
(engineering, dated) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
(only in senses related to a bell — etymology 2)
(chiefly, dialectal) (ring)
*1723 , Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury , VI:
*:With ecchoing Shouts the vaulted Chamber rung , / Belle Chuck'' was now the ''TOAST of ev'ry Tongue.
* {{quote-journal, journals=Report of State Officers, Board and Committees to the General ..., page=229,
books.google.com/books?id=YHYbAQAAIAAJ, South Carolina. General Assembly, year=1906, passage=Mr. Seibels, in his testimony, said I rung' him up to see about labels. He is very much mistaken. I ' rung him up to see about bottles.}}
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(anatomy) A biological organ that extracts oxygen from the air.
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As nouns the difference between rung and lung
is that rung is a crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round while lung is a biological organ that extracts oxygen from the air.As a verb rung
is past participle of lang=en (only in senses related to a bell — etymology 2)rung
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) hrung.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From the verb ring . (en)Verb
(head)Usage notes
"Rang" and "rung" are incorrect for the past of "ring" in the sense of encircle. "Rung" as a simple past is usually considered incorrect.Anagrams
* English irregular past participleslung
English
(wikipedia lung)Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs . […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.}}