Vang vs Pang - What's the difference?
vang | pang |
(dialectal, or, obsolete) To take; undertake for.
(dialectal, as a godparent) To undertake for at the Font; be godfather or godmother to.
(nautical) A boom vang, a strap or line which exerts downward pressure on the boom near where it joins the mast of a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat.
(nautical) A line extended down from the end of a yard or a gaff, used to regulate its position
(often, pluralized) paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; sudden and transitory agony; throe
* 1591 , , Henry VI, Part II , act 3, sc. 3,
* 1888 , , "The Nightingale and the Rose" in The Happy Prince and Other Tales ,
(often, pluralized) A sharp, sudden feeling of a mental or emotional nature, as of joy or sorrow
* 1867 , , The Guardian Angel , ch. 7,
to torment; to torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering
* 1918 , , "On Unanswering Letters" in Mince Pie ,
As an interjection vang
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) vangen, southern variant of . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* kicking strappang
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)- See, how the pangs of death do make him grin!
- So the Nightingale pressed closer against the thorn, and the thorn touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot through her.
- He was startled with a piece of information which gave him such an exquisite pang of delight that he could hardly keep the usual quiet of his demeanor.
Verb
- It panged him so to say good-bye when he had to leave.