Smog vs Slog - What's the difference?
smog | slog |
A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution
(informal) To get a smog check; to check a vehicle or have it checked for emissions.
(chiefly, British, and, Canada) A long, tedious walk, or session of work.
(cricket) An aggressive shot played with little skill.
To walk slowly, encountering resistance.
* 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
(by extension) To work slowly and deliberately (overcoming significant boredom).
To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.
As a verb smog
is (smyga).As a noun slog is
army, host.smog
English
Noun
(-)Derived terms
* smoggyVerb
(smogg)- If the car is more than five years old, you'll have to have it smogged before you can register it.
See also
* smazeAnagrams
* ----slog
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(slogg)- A miraculous desert rain. We slog , dripping, into As Safi, Jordan. We drive the sodden mules through wet streets. To the town’s only landmark. To the “Museum at the Lowest Place on Earth.”