Nag vs. Ride — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nag and Ride
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Definitions
Nag➦
Harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to
He's always nagging at her for staying out late
She nagged him to do the housework
She constantly nags her daughter about getting married
Ride➦
To be carried or conveyed, as in a vehicle or on horseback.
Nag➦
A person who nags someone to do something.
Ride➦
(Sports) To participate in a board sport such as snowboarding.
Nag➦
A horse, especially one that is old or in poor health
The old nag the lad fetched smelled sweaty
Ride➦
To travel over a surface
This car rides well.
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Nag➦
To annoy by constant scolding, complaining, or urging.
Ride➦
To move by way of an intangible force or impetus; move as if on water
The President rode into office on a tide of discontent.
Nag➦
To torment persistently, as with anxiety or pain.
Ride➦
(Nautical) To lie at anchor
Battleships riding at the mouth of the estuary.
Nag➦
To scold, complain, or find fault constantly
Nagging at the children.
Ride➦
To seem to float
The moon was riding among the clouds.
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Nag➦
To be a constant source of anxiety or annoyance
The half-remembered quotation nagged at my mind.
Ride➦
To be sustained or supported on a pivot, axle, or other point.
Nag➦
One who nags.
Ride➦
To be contingent; depend
The final outcome rides on the results of the election.
Nag➦
An old or worn-out horse.
Ride➦
To continue without interference
Let the matter ride.
Nag➦
(Slang) A racehorse.
Ride➦
To work or move from the proper place, especially on the body
Pants that ride up.
Nag➦
(Archaic) A small saddle horse or pony.
Ride➦
To sit on and control the movement of
Rode a motorcycle to town.
Ride a horse to the village.
Nag➦
A small horse; a pony.
Ride➦
(Sports) To glide or move while standing on or having one's feet attached to (a board, such as a snowboard).
Nag➦
An old, useless horse.
Ride➦
To travel over, along, or through
Ride the highways.
Nag➦
A paramour.
Ride➦
To be supported or carried on
A swimmer riding the waves.
Nag➦
Someone or something that nags.
Ride➦
To take part in or do by riding
He rode his last race.
Nag➦
A repeated complaint or reminder.
Ride➦
To cause to ride, especially to cause to be carried
The police rode him down to the station.
Nag➦
A persistent, bothersome thought or worry.
Ride➦
(Sports) To control (an opponent) in wrestling, usually by holding the opponent down.
Nag➦
(ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda! (From Amanda! by Robin Klein)
Ride➦
(Nautical) To keep (a vessel) at anchor.
Nag➦
To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.
Ride➦
To tease or ridicule.
Nag➦
To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
A nagging pain in his left knee
A nagging north wind
Ride➦
To harass with persistent carping and criticism.
Nag➦
A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse, especially one that is of inferior breeding or useless.
Ride➦
To keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
Don't ride the clutch or the brakes.
Nag➦
A paramour; - in contempt.
Ride➦
The act or an instance of riding, as in a vehicle or on an animal.
Nag➦
A person who nags, especially habitually; called also nagger.
Ride➦
A path made for riding on horseback, especially through woodlands.
Nag➦
To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously.
Ride➦
A device, such as one at an amusement park, that one rides for pleasure or excitement.
Nag➦
Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
Ride➦
A means of transportation
Waiting for her ride to come.
Nag➦
An old or over-worked horse
Ride➦
To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
I ride to work every day and park the bike outside the office.
Nag➦
Bother persistently with trivial complaints;
She nags her husband all day long
Ride➦
To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
Nag➦
Worry persistently;
Nagging concerns and doubts
Ride➦
To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
The cab rode him downtown.
Nag➦
Remind or urge constantly;
She nagged to take a vacation
Ride➦
(intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
Ride➦
To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
The witch cackled and rode away on her broomstick.
Ride➦
(transitive) To traverse by riding.
Ride➦
(transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
How many races have you ridden this year?
Ride➦
(intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
A horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
Ride➦
To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
Ride➦
To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
Ride➦
(intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
Ride➦
(intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
Ride➦
(intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
Ride➦
(lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
Ride➦
To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
Ride➦
(surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
Ride➦
To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
Vocal riding
Ride➦
(music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
Ride➦
An instance of riding.
Can I have a ride on your bike?
We took the horses for an early-morning ride in the woods.
Go for a quick ride
Ride➦
(informal) A vehicle.
That's a nice ride; what did it cost?
Pimp my ride
Ride➦
An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
The kids went on all the rides
Ride➦
A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
Can you give me a ride home?
Ride➦
(UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
Ride➦
A saddle horse.
Ride➦
(Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
Ride➦
(music) In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.
Ride➦
A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
That story was a ride from start to finish.
Ride➦
(slang) An act of sexual intercourse
I gave my boyfriend a ride before breakfast.
Ride➦
To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
To-morrow, when ye riden by the way.
Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him.
Ride➦
To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants.
Ride➦
To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
Men once walked where ships at anchor ride.
Ride➦
To be supported in motion; to rest.
Strong as the exletreeOn which heaven rides.
On whose foolish honestyMy practices ride easy!
Ride➦
To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease.
Ride➦
To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
"Will you ride over or drive?" said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning.
Ride➦
To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.
[They] rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the airIn whirlwind.
Ride➦
To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers, and brewers.
Ride➦
To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
Tue only men that safe can rideMine errands on the Scottish side.
Ride➦
To overlap (each other); - said of bones or fractured fragments.
Ride➦
The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.
Ride➦
A saddle horse.
Ride➦
A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.
Ride➦
A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else;
He took the family for a drive in his new car
Ride➦
A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
Ride➦
Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions;
She never sat a horse!
Did you ever ride a camel?
The girl liked to drive the young mare
Ride➦
Be carried or travel on or in a vehicle;
I ride to work in a bus
He rides the subway downtown every day
Ride➦
Continue undisturbed and without interference;
Let it ride
Ride➦
Move like a floating object;
The moon rode high in the night sky
Ride➦
Harass with persistent criticism or carping;
The children teased the new teacher
Don't ride me so hard over my failure
His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
Ride➦
Be sustained or supported or borne;
His glasses rode high on his nose
The child rode on his mother's hips
She rode a wave of popularity
The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father's political name
Ride➦
Have certain properties when driven;
This car rides smoothly
My new truck drives well
Ride➦
Be contingent on;
The outcomes rides on the results of the electin
Your grade will depends on your homework
Ride➦
Lie moored or anchored;
Ship rides at anchor
Ride➦
Sit on and control a vehicle;
He rides his bicycle to work every day
She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town
Ride➦
Climb up on the body;
Shorts that ride up
This skirt keeps riding up my legs
Ride➦
Ride over, along, or through;
Travel the highways of America
Ride the freeways of California
Ride➦
Keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot;
Don't ride the clutch!
Ride➦
Copulate with;
The bull was riding the cow
