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Swig vs Sig - What's the difference?

swig | sig |

As nouns the difference between swig and sig

is that swig is a long draught from a drink while sig is a special interest group; a group formed to discuss a particular topic or issue.

As a verb swig

is to drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.

swig

English

Verb

(swigg)
  • To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
  • That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
  • (obsolete) To suck.
  • * Creech
  • The lambkins swig the teat.
  • (nautical) To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line (also: sweating )
  • Synonyms

    * (to drink) chug, gulp, guzzle, quaff * See also

    Noun

  • (en noun), (Appalachian)
  • A long draught from a drink.
  • * , Episode 12, The Cyclops
  • And he took the last swig out of the pint.
    (Marryat)
  • (nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
  • Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
  • Synonyms

    * (a drink) draught, sip * See also

    sig

    English

    Etymology 1

    A shortened form of (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A signature, usually when used as a digital signature on emails.
  • * 1995 , Vince Emery, How to grow your business on the Internet
  • Your sig should ideally be four or five lines long, six or seven at the maximum. Since it will be repeated on hundreds of messages, a long signature wastes bandwidth and is therefore rude.
    Derived terms
    * sigblock * sigfile * siggy * sigless

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . Compare West Frisian sege, Dutch zege, German Sieg, Danish sejr, Swedish seger.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A victory, triumph
  • Etymology 3

    Related to .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (UK, dialectal) Urine.