Bug vs. Lug — What's the Difference?

An insect having mouthparts used for piercing and sucking, such as an aphid, a bedbug, or a stinkbug.

A handle or projection used as a hold or support.

An insect of any kind, such as a cockroach or a ladybug.

A lug nut.

A small invertebrate with many legs, such as a spider or a centipede.

(Nautical) A lugsail.

A disease-producing microorganism or agent

A projecting part of a larger piece that helps to provide traction, as on a tire or the sole of a boot.

The illness or disease so produced

A copper or brass fitting to which electrical wires can be soldered or otherwise connected.

A defect or difficulty, as in a system or design.

(Slang) A clumsy fool; a blockhead.

(Computers)A defect in the code or routine of a program.

The act of lugging.

An enthusiasm or obsession

Something lugged.

An enthusiast or devotee; a buff

A box for shipping fruit or vegetables.

An electronic listening device, such as a hidden microphone or wiretap, used in surveillance

The ancient Celtic god of artisanship and warriors. He was said to be the father of Cuchulain.

To grow large; bulge

To drag or haul (an object) laboriously.

To annoy; pester.

To pull or drag with short jerks.

To prey on; worry

To cause (an engine, for example) to run poorly or hesitate

To equip (a room or telephone circuit, for example) with a concealed electronic listening device.

To pull something with difficulty; tug.

To make (the eyes) bulge or grow large.

To move along by jerks or as if under a heavy burden.

(entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).

To run poorly or hesitate because of strain. Used of an engine

Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.

The act of hauling or dragging.

(informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.

That which is hauled or dragged.

(US) Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.

Anything that moves slowly.

A bedbug.

A lug nut.

A problem that needs fixing.

(electricity) A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw.

A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.

A part of something which sticks out, used as a handle or support.

(informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.

A large, clumsy, awkward man; a fool.

(informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.

(UK) An ear or ear lobe.

A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device.

A wood box used for transporting fruit or vegetables.

A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.

(slang) A request for money, as for political purposes.

(broadcasting) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.

A lugworm.

(aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.

(informal) A pull or drag on a cigarette.

A semi-automated telegraph key.

A rod or pole.

(obsolete) Hobgoblin, scarecrow; anything that terrifies.

A measure of length equal to 2 feet.

HIV.

(nautical) A lugsail.

(poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.

(harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.Harness pendant suspension mount featuring two lugs (at the bottom). The pendant has one lug (also named loop), placed in the gap between the two lugs of the hanger.

A trilobite.

A loop (or protuberance) found on both arms of a hinge, featuring a hole for the axis of the hinge.

Synonym of oil bug.

A ridge or other protuberance on the surface of a body to increase traction or provide a hold for holding and moving it.

An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.

To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull.

A young apprentice jockey.

(transitive) To run at too slow a speed.

(printing) union bug.

To carry an excessive amount of sail for the conditions prevailing.

A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.

To pull toward the inside rail ("lugging in") or the outside rail ("lugging out") during a race.

A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.

The ear, or its lobe.

To annoy.

That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.

To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.

A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.

(transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.

A bugbear; anything which terrifies.

The lugworm.

A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.

A man; sometimes implying clumsiness.

An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (Cimex lectularius). See Bedbug.

The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.

One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.

Anything which moves slowly.

One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.

A rod or pole.

An error in the coding of a computer program, especially one causing the program to malfunction or fail. See, for example, year 2000 bug.

A measure of length, being 16½ feet; a rod, pole, or perch.

Any unexpected defect or flaw, such as in a machine or a plan.

To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome.

A hidden electronic listening device, used to hear or record conversations surreptitiously.

To move slowly and heavily.

An infectious microorganism; a germ{4}.

Ancient Celtic god

An undiagnosed illness, usually mild, believed to be caused by an infectious organism.

A sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast

An enthusiast; - used mostly in combination, as a camera bug.

A projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something

To annoy; to bother or pester.

Marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait

General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

Carry with difficulty;

A fault or defect in a system or machine

Obstruct;

A small hidden microphone; for listening secretly

Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

Annoy persistently;

Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information;