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Tangy vs Bangy - What's the difference?

tangy | bangy |

As adjectives the difference between tangy and bangy

is that tangy is having a sharp, pungent flavor while bangy is characterized by a lot of banging sounds; clangy.

As a noun bangy is

(india) a type of yoke carried on the shoulders, as a means for people to carry a load.

tangy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • having a sharp, pungent flavor
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 15 , author=Felicity Cloake , title=How to cook the perfect nut roast , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Christmas queen Mary Berry's aubergine five-nut roast, from her Christmas Collection, is, as the name suggests, rather more focused on the nut side of things. Breadcrumbs play second fiddle to a medley of almonds, Brazils, chestnuts, pine nuts and pistachios which, although tangy with lemon juice and garlic, is outrageously dense. A single slice of this could leave you supine in front of the Queen's speech without even the wherewithal to reach for the remote control.}}

    Derived terms

    * tanginess

    bangy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Alternative forms

    * banghy * bhangy

    Noun

    (bangies)
  • (India) A type of yoke carried on the shoulders, as a means for people to carry a load.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1837 , author=Asiatic Society of Bengal , title=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , chapter= citation , isbn= , page=267 , passage=The men, to the number of 800, march in single file, and each man occupies a space of six feet, being obliged to carry a bangy' containing his provisions, cooking pots, &c. besides his musket, which is tied to the ' bangy stick.}}

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Characterized by a lot of banging sounds; clangy.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 3, author=The New York Times, title=Music in Review, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But her performance of Beethoven’s Sonata No. 30 in E (whose finale includes Baroque references, like a fugato) at times sounded bangy , although there were lovely moments in the Andante. }}