Slacken vs Sag - What's the difference?
slacken | sag |
To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
* 1908 ,
To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
* 1986 , Mari Sandoz, The Horsecatcher?
To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
The state of sinking or bending; sagging.
The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
The difference height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
(figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
* Shakespeare
To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
To cause to bend or give way; to load.
(informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
* 2003 , Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants (page 173)
In transitive terms the difference between slacken and sag
is that slacken is to make slack, less taut, or less intense while sag is to cause to bend or give way; to load.As verbs the difference between slacken and sag
is that slacken is to gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack while sag is to sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.As a noun sag is
the state of sinking or bending; sagging.As an initialism SAG is
(on a letter), Saint Anthony Guard (or Guide).As an acronym SAG is
screen Actors Guild.slacken
English
Verb
(en verb)- The pace slackened .
- During this interlude, Warwick, though he had slackened his pace measurably, had so nearly closed the gap between himself and them as to hear the old woman say, with the dulcet negro intonation:...
- He seemed tired, and the Rat let him rest unquestioned, understanding something of what was in his thoughts; knowing, too, the value all animals attach at times to mere silent companionship, when the weary muscles slacken and the mind marks time.
- Elk slackened the rope so he could walk farther away, and together they went awkwardly up the trail toward the grassy little flat...
- to slack lime
Anagrams
*sag
English
Etymology 1
From late (etyl) saggen, probably of Scandinavian/(etyl) origin (compare Norwegian ); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka, Old Norse sokkva. Compare also Low German sacken, Dutch zakken.Noun
(en noun)Verb
(sagg)- A line or cable supported by its ends sags , even if it is tightly drawn.
- The floor of a room sags .
- A building may sag one way or another.
- The door sags on its hinges.
- The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, / Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "sag")Etymology 2
Noun
(-)- The dal tarka (£5) is made from whole yellow split peas, while sag aloo (£5) brings potatoes in a rich and oily spinach puree.
