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Tugging vs Bugging - What's the difference?

tugging | bugging |

As verbs the difference between tugging and bugging

is that tugging is present participle of tug while bugging is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between tugging and bugging

is that tugging is the action of something that tugs; a pull while bugging is electronic surveillance.

tugging

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of something that tugs; a pull.
  • * 1951 , Raymond F. Jones, Renaissance
    • Yet there began to be insistent tuggings as if from a dream that could not be recalled.

    bugging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • electronic surveillance
  • * 1993 , John H. Davis, The Kennedys: Dynasty and Disaster (page 486)
    • The buggings executed by the FBI not only revealed a great deal about the Cosa Nostra's activities, they also revealed a great deal about how the Cosa Nostra felt about the Kennedys.