Struggle vs Rug - What's the difference?
struggle | rug |
Strife, contention, great effort.
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, title= To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for'' or ''against ), to contend.
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, title= To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
A partial covering for a floor.
(UK, Australia) A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.
* 1855 , , A Boy?s Adventures in the Wilds of Australia: or, Herbert?s Note-Book ,
* 1906 July 27, Government Gazette of Western Australia ,
* 1950 April, Dental Journal of Australia , Volume 22,
* 1997 , Alan Sharpe, Vivien Encel, Murder!: 25 True Australian Crimes ,
A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.
* Holinshed
A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
(slang) A wig; a hairpiece.
(Scotland) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
As nouns the difference between struggle and rug
is that struggle is strife, contention, great effort while rug is horn.As a verb struggle
is to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for'' or ''against ), to contend.struggle
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Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs. Their income disappeared as a little rivulet that is swallowed by the thirsty ground. He worked night and day to supplement it.}}
Verb
(struggl)Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland, passage=England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum.}}
Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . Seerug
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Noun
(en noun)page 254,
- They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time.
page 2297,
- Furnish every sleeping apartment with a sufficient number of toilet utensils and bedsteads, and sufficient bedding so that each bed shall be provided with a mattress, two sheets, a rug', and, in winter time, not less than one additional ' rug .
page 181,
- My own son had a bunny rug' of which he was very fond and on being put to bed he would always demand his “bunny ' rug to suck his finger with.?
page 22,
- He brought with him a rug and a sheet, and lay down by the fire.
- They spin the choicest rug' in Ireland. A friend of mine repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford ' rugs .
Usage notes
* (partial floor covering) The terms rug'' and carpet are not precise synonyms: a ''rug'' covers part of the floor; a ''carpet'' covers most or a large area of the floor; a ''fitted carpet runs wall-to-wall.Synonyms
* (small carpet) carpet, mat * (wig) toupee, wigDerived terms
* area rug * cut a rug * scatter rug * snug as a bug in a rugVerb
(rugg)- (Sir Walter Scott)