Tang vs Tong - What's the difference?
tang | tong |
(obsolete) tongue
* 1667 , , Sauny the Scot: Or, the Taming of the Shrew , Act V,
A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor
* 1904 ,
A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
(figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge
* Fuller
* Jeffrey
* 1913 ,
A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position
The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle
The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock
The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened
The tongue of a buckle
A group of saltwater fish from the Acanthuridae family, especially the genus, also known as the surgeonfish.
(dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.Eva Crane, The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting'', Taylor & Francis (1999), ISBN 0415924677, page 239.Hilda M. Ransome, ''The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore , Courier Dover Publications (2004), ISBN 048643494X, page 225.
To make a ringing sound; to ring.
The vagina; intercourse with a woman
* 2002 , Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed , St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN 0-312-31363-2, page 9,
An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
* 1998 , Alberdina Houtman, Marcel Poorthuis, Joshua Schwartz (editors), Sanctity of time and space in tradition and modernity , page 232:
As nouns the difference between tang and tong
is that tang is tongue while tong is an instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.As verbs the difference between tang and tong
is that tang is to strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper while tong is to use tongs.As a proper noun Tang
is the imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.tang
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- Sauny Hear ye, sir; could not ye mistake, and pull her tang out instead of her teeth?
- The miraculous air, heady with ozone and made memorably sweet by leagues of wild flowerets, gave tang and savour to the breath.
- Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
- Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny.
- a cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics
- What, was it I who bared my heart / Through unrelenting years, / And knew the sting of misery's dart, / The tang of sorrow's tears?
Synonyms
* bite * piquancy * spicinessAntonyms
* blandness * dullnessDerived terms
* tangy * clown tang * purple tang * Red Sea sailfin tang * sohal tang * spotted unicorn tang * yellow tangSee also
*Etymology 2
imitativeVerb
(en verb)- Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. — Shakespeare.
Etymology 3
Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare DanishEtymology 4
From poontang by shorteningNoun
(en noun)- The guys like to look at her tang , because that's how they are
References
Anagrams
* ----tong
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tange'', from a Germanic root. Cognate to Old Norse ''t?ng'' (modern Icelandic .Noun
(en noun)- these attributes are concrete expressions of God's care and providence and therefore not man-made. This explains the quite bizarre presence of a ‘pair’ of tongs' in some lists: in order to make a '''tong''' one needs a '''tong''', and how could the first '''tong''' be made without a ' tong ?