Swag vs. Swig — What's the Difference?

A curtain or piece of fabric fastened so as to hang in a drooping curve.

A quick, deep gulp of a liquid

Money or goods taken by a thief or burglar

To drink (liquid) or engage in drinking liquid in great gulps.

Bold self-assurance of style or manner

To drink usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner; to quaff.

A traveller's or miner's bundle of personal belongings.

(obsolete) To suck.

Arrange in or decorate with a swag or swags of fabric

(nautical) To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line.

Travel with one's personal belongings in a bundle

(obsolete) Drink, liquor.

Hang heavily

(by extension) A long draught from a drink.

An ornamental drapery or curtain draped in a curve between two points.

(obsolete) A person who drinks deeply.

An ornamental festoon of flowers or fruit.

(nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.

A carving or plaster molding of such an ornament.

Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.

Promotional items, especially when given for free, considered as a group.

To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider.

(Slang) Stolen property; loot.

To suck.

(Australian) The pack or bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman.

To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off.

(Slang) See schwag.

To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.

Chiefly British To lurch or sway.

A long draught.

(Australian) To travel about with a pack or swag.

A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.

A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc.

(intransitive) To droop; to sag.

A large and hurried swallow;

(transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.

Strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat;

(transitive) To install (a ceiling fan or light fixture) by means of a long cord running from the ceiling to an outlet, and suspended by hooks or similar.

To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught;

To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).

To transport stolen goods.

(window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.

A low point or depression in land; especially, a place where water collects.

(slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.

A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods.

Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.

Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.

The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.

A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.

A large quantity (of something).

To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.

To sink down by its weight; to sag.

To tramp carrying a swag.

A swaying, irregular motion.

A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.

A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried on the back or over the shoulder; - called also a bluey, or a drum.

Valuable goods

Goods or money obtained illegally

A bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman

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

Walk as if unable to control one's movements;

Sway heavily or unsteadily