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Nag vs. Sag — What's the Difference?

Nag vs. Sag — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Nag and Sag

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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

Sag

To sink, droop, or settle from pressure or weight.

Nag

A person who nags someone to do something.

Sag

To lose vigor, firmness, or resilience
My spirits sagged after I had been rejected for the job.

Nag

A horse, especially one that is old or in poor health
The old nag the lad fetched smelled sweaty
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Sag

To decline, as in value or price
Stock prices sagged after a short rally.

Nag

To annoy by constant scolding, complaining, or urging.

Sag

(Nautical) To drift to leeward.

Nag

To torment persistently, as with anxiety or pain.

Sag

To wear one's pants with the waist below the hips, so that one's underwear is visible.

Nag

To scold, complain, or find fault constantly
Nagging at the children.

Sag

To cause to sag.

Nag

To be a constant source of anxiety or annoyance
The half-remembered quotation nagged at my mind.

Sag

The act or an instance of sagging.

Nag

One who nags.

Sag

The degree or extent to which something sags.

Nag

An old or worn-out horse.

Sag

A sagging or drooping part or area
Tried to brush out the paint sags.

Nag

(Slang) A racehorse.

Sag

A sunken area of land; a depression.

Nag

(Archaic) A small saddle horse or pony.

Sag

A sagging area; a depression.

Nag

A small horse; a pony.

Sag

A decline, as in monetary value.

Nag

An old, useless horse.

Sag

(Nautical) A drift to leeward.

Nag

A paramour.

Sag

The state of sinking or bending; a droop.

Nag

Someone or something that nags.

Sag

The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.

Nag

A repeated complaint or reminder.

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.

Nag

A persistent, bothersome thought or worry.

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.

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)

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.

Nag

To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.

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.

Nag

To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
A nagging pain in his left knee
A nagging north wind

Sag

To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.

Nag

A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse, especially one that is of inferior breeding or useless.

Sag

(transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.

Nag

A paramour; - in contempt.

Sag

(informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.

Nag

A person who nags, especially habitually; called also nagger.

Sag

To pull down someone else's pants.

Nag

To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously.

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.

Nag

Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

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.

Nag

An old or over-worked horse

Sag

To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.

Nag

Bother persistently with trivial complaints;
She nags her husband all day long

Sag

To cause to bend or give way; to load.

Nag

Worry persistently;
Nagging concerns and doubts

Sag

State of sinking or bending; sagging.

Nag

Remind or urge constantly;
She nagged to take a vacation

Sag

A shape that sags;
There was a sag in the chair seat

Sag

Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

Sag

Cause to sag;
The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably

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