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Thugging vs Hugging - What's the difference?

thugging | hugging |

As nouns the difference between thugging and hugging

is that thugging is thuggery; the behaviour of a thug while hugging is the act of giving a hug.

As a verb hugging is

present participle of lang=en.

thugging

English

Noun

(-)
  • thuggery; the behaviour of a thug
    • How do the unions enforce this policy? It is enforced by crime, by murder, by arson, by dynamite, by thugging and by the bludgeon.

    hugging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving a hug.
  • * 1844 , Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Tales and Sketches
    • There began to be some movement preparatory to the resumption of our journey, and, after many huggings and kissings, the family parted, and the wagon drove off