Swap vs Swig - What's the difference?
swap | swig |
An exchange of two comparable things.
(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.
To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
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(label) To strike, hit.
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*: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.
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*(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.
To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
(obsolete) To suck.
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(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 )
(en noun), (Appalachian)
A long draught from a drink.
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(nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
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
* swopNoun
(en noun)- (Sir Walter Scott)
- How much swap do you need?
Derived terms
* credit default swap * swap meet * total return swap * swapsiesSynonyms
* barter * trade * quid pro quoVerb
(swapp)Derived terms
* swap in, swap outSynonyms
* (exchange) exchange, trade, switchAnagrams
* * * * ----swig
English
Verb
(swigg)- That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
- The lambkins swig the teat.
Synonyms
* (to drink) chug, gulp, guzzle, quaff * See alsoNoun
- And he took the last swig out of the pint.
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