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Dang vs Wang - What's the difference?

dang | wang |

As verbs the difference between dang and wang

is that dang is damn while wang is to batter; to clobber; to conk.

As an interjection dang

is damn.

As an adjective dang

is damn.

As a noun wang is

cheek; the jaw.

As a proper noun Wang is

{{surname|from=Chinese}} derived from a common Chinese surname.

dang

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(en verb)
  • (euphemistic) Damn.

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (euphemistic) Damn.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (euphemistic) Damn.
    • Synonyms
    * darn, durn

    Etymology 2

    See (m).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (ding)

    • Etymology 3

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To dash.
    • Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage, Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage -

    Anagrams

    * ----

    wang

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) Cheek; the jaw.
    • (Chaucer)
    Derived terms
    * (l)
    Related terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    (onomatopoeia)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (onomatopoeia) The sound made when a hollow metal object is struck a glancing blow.
  • A slap; a blow.
    • (Halliwell)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To batter; to clobber; to conk.
  • To throw hard.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1993 , year_published=1997 , publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional , author=Tom McNally , title=The Complete Book of Fly Fishing , edition=Second Edition , chapter=Panfish on Flies and Bugs citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Cc6bHeUtMxwC&pg=PA283&dq=%22wanged%22, %22wanging%22+-%22wanging%27ombe%22 , isbn=9780070456389 , page=283 , passage=Ask, too, the guy in the bass boat wanging out a spinner-bait at Bull Shoals in Arkansas.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1998 , year_published=2004 , publisher=Oxford University Press , author=Barry Hines , editor=James Riordan , title=Football Stories , chapter=The Football Match citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=qzPuDN6CpEYC&pg=PA52&dq="wanged", "wanging" , isbn=9780192754059 , page=36 , passage=He wanged them across the room, and Billy caught them flying over his head, then held them up for inspection as though he was contemplating buying.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2009 , publisher=Rodale , author=Mark Millhone , title=The Patron Saint of Used Cars and Second Chances: A Memoir , chapter=Saltville citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=BXIQvXs8NF4C&pg=PA132&dq="wanged", "wanging"+-"wanging'ombe" , isbn=9781594868238 , page=132 , passage=After Sam filled in my big block letters with the glitter, he unleashed his inner Jackson Pollock, wanging artful paint splatters everywhere.}}

    Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain. Perhaps short for . See (l).

    Alternative forms

    * whang

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) Penis.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----