Hag vs. Sag — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hag and Sag
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Hag
A hag is a wizened old woman, or a kind of fairy or goddess having the appearance of such a woman, often found in folklore and children's tales such as "Hansel and Gretel". Hags are often seen as malevolent, but may also be one of the chosen forms of shapeshifting deities, such as The Morrígan or Badb, who are seen as neither wholly benevolent nor malevolent.
Sag
To sink, droop, or settle from pressure or weight.
Hag
(Offensive) An old woman considered to be ugly or frightening.
Sag
To lose vigor, firmness, or resilience
My spirits sagged after I had been rejected for the job.
Hag
A witch; a sorceress.
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Sag
To decline, as in value or price
Stock prices sagged after a short rally.
Hag
(Obsolete) A female demon.
Sag
(Nautical) To drift to leeward.
Hag
A hagfish.
Sag
To wear one's pants with the waist below the hips, so that one's underwear is visible.
Hag
A boggy area; a quagmire.
Sag
To cause to sag.
Hag
A spot in boggy land that is softer or more solid than the surrounding area.
Sag
The act or an instance of sagging.
Hag
A cutting in a peat bog.
Sag
The degree or extent to which something sags.
Hag
A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard.
Sag
A sagging or drooping part or area
Tried to brush out the paint sags.
Hag
(pejorative) An ugly old woman.
Sag
A sunken area of land; a depression.
Hag
(derogatory) An evil woman.
Sag
A sagging area; a depression.
Hag
A fury; a she-monster.
Sag
A decline, as in monetary value.
Hag
A hagfish; one of various eel-like fish of the family Myxinidae, allied to the lamprey, with a suctorial mouth, labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings.
Sag
(Nautical) A drift to leeward.
Hag
A hagdon or shearwater; one of various sea birds of the genus Puffinus.
Sag
The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
Hag
(obsolete) An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a person's hair.
Sag
The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
Hag
The fruit of the hagberry, Prunus padus.
Sag
The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.
Hag
Sleep paralysis.
Sag
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn.
The floor of a room sags.
Her once firm bosom began to sag in her thirties.
Hag
A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or enclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
Sag
(by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
A building may sag one way or another.
The door sags on its hinges.
Hag
A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
Sag
(figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
Hag
(transitive) To harass; to weary with vexation.
Sag
To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
Hag
A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.
Sag
(transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
Hag
An ugly old woman.
Sag
(informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
Hag
A fury; a she-monster.
Sag
To pull down someone else's pants.
Hag
An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotreta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.
Sag
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.
Hag
The hagdon or shearwater.
Sag
Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear,Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
Hag
An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
Sag
To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
Hag
A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
This said, he led me over hoults and hags;Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew.
Sag
To cause to bend or give way; to load.
Hag
A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
Sag
State of sinking or bending; sagging.
Hag
To harass; to weary with vexation.
How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens.
Sag
A shape that sags;
There was a sag in the chair seat
Hag
An ugly evil-looking old woman
Sag
Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
Hag
Eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
Sag
Cause to sag;
The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably
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