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Swap vs Swig - What's the difference?

swap | swig |

As nouns the difference between swap and swig

is that swap is an exchange of two comparable things while swig is a long draught from a drink.

As verbs the difference between swap and swig

is that swap is to exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else) while swig is to drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.

swap

English

(wikipedia swap)

Alternative forms

* swop

Noun

(en noun)
  • An exchange of two comparable things.
  • (Sir Walter Scott)
  • (finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke.
  • (computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
  • How much swap do you need?

    Derived terms

    * credit default swap * swap meet * total return swap * swapsies

    Synonyms

    * barter * trade * quid pro quo

    Verb

    (swapp)
  • To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
  • *
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  • (label) To strike, hit.
  • *:
  • *:And soo sir launcelot rode on the one syde and she on the other / he had not ryden but a whyle / but the knyghte badde sir Launcelot torne hym and loke behynde hym // and there wyth was the knyghte and the lady on one syde / & sodenly he swapped of his ladyes hede
  • (label) To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.
  • :
  • *(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)
  • *:All suddenly she swapt adown to ground.
  • (label) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
  • Derived terms

    * swap in, swap out

    Synonyms

    * (exchange) exchange, trade, switch

    Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    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