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Zagged vs Ragged - What's the difference?

zagged | ragged |

As verbs the difference between zagged and ragged

is that zagged is (zag) while ragged is (rag).

As an adjective ragged is

rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.

zagged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (zag)

    • zag

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of a series of sharp turns or reversals.

    • Verb

    (zagg)
  • to move with a sharp turn or reversal
    • ''I guess I zigged when I should have zagged .

    Derived terms

    * zig when one should zag

    Derived terms

    * zigzag

    See also

    * zig ----

    ragged

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rag)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.
    • a ragged coat
    a ragged sail
  • Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged.
    • ragged rocks
  • Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.
  • * (rfdate) .
    • A ragged noise of mirth.
  • Wearing tattered clothes.
    • a ragged fellow
  • Rough; shaggy; rugged.
  • * (rfdate), .
    • What shepherd owns those ragged sheep?
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 19 , author=Paul fletcher , title=Blackpool 1-2 West Ham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Allardyce's side had led at the break through a Carlton Cole strike but after Thomas Ince - son of former Hammers midfielder Paul - levelled shortly after the restart, the match became increasingly stretched and ragged .}}

    Derived terms

    * ragged lady * raggedly * raggedness * ragged robin * ragged sailor * ragged school

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