Thug vs. Pug — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Thug and Pug
Definitions
Thug➦
A cutthroat or ruffian; a hoodlum.
Pug➦
The pug is a breed of dog with physically distinctive features of a wrinkly, short-muzzled face, and curled tail. The breed has a fine, glossy coat that comes in a variety of colors, most often light brown (fawn) or black, and a compact, square body with well-developed muscles.
Thug➦
Also Thug One of a group of professional criminals, devotees of Kali, who robbed and murdered travelers in northern India until the mid-1800s.
Pug➦
A dog of a dwarf breed like a bulldog with a broad flat nose and deeply wrinkled face.
Thug➦
Someone with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, often for hire.
Pug➦
A small, slender moth which rests with its wings stretched out to the sides.
Thug➦
(historical) One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered their victims to her.
Pug➦
Pugged clay.
Thug➦
(horticulture) An over-vigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.
Pug➦
A boxer
A come-from-nowhere pug gets a shot at the heavyweight title
Thug➦
A punk; a hoodlum; a hooligan.
Pug➦
The footprint of an animal
I saw the pug marks of the tigress in the soft earth
Thug➦
A wooden bat used in the game of miniten, fitting around the player's hand.
Pug➦
Work (clay) into a soft, plastic condition suitable for making bricks or pottery, without air pockets
Bricks set in pugged clay
Thug➦
(AAVE) One who, usually as a result of social disadvantage, has turned to committing crimes (e.g. selling drugs, robbery, assault, etc.) to make a living; a gangsta.
Pug➦
Pack (a space) with pug, sawdust, or other material in order to deaden sound
Old-fashioned pugging with dry sand cannot be carried out
Thug➦
To commit acts of thuggery, to live the life of a thug, or to dress and act in a manner reminiscent of someone who does.
Pug➦
Track (an animal) by its footprints.
Thug➦
One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearly exterminated by the British government.
Pug➦
A dog of a small sturdy breed developed in China, having a short muzzle, wrinkled face, short smooth coat, and tightly curled tail.
Thug➦
An assassin; a ruffian; a rough.
Pug➦
A pug nose.
Thug➦
An aggressive and violent young criminal
Pug➦
Clay ground and kneaded with water into a plastic consistency for forming bricks or pottery.
Pug➦
A machine for grinding and mixing clay.
Pug➦
A footprint, track, or trail, especially of an animal; a pugmark.
Pug➦
A fighter, especially a boxer.
Pug➦
To work or knead (clay) with water.
Pug➦
To fill in with clay or mortar.
Pug➦
To make soundproof by covering or packing with clay, mortar, sawdust, or felt.
Pug➦
A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
Pug➦
A bargeman.
Pug➦
(obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
Pug➦
Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
Pug➦
(obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.
Pug➦
An upper servant in a great house.
Pug➦
A harlot; a prostitute.
Pug➦
(informal) One who fights with fists; a boxer.
Pug➦
Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)
Pug➦
A pug mill.
Pug➦
The pawprint or footprint of an animal.
Pug➦
(obsolete) A term of endearment.
Pug➦
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Pug➦
(transitive) To mix and stir when wet.
To pug clay for bricks or pottery
Pug➦
(transitive) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound.
Pug➦
To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.
Pug➦
To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2.
Pug➦
Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.
Pug➦
A pug mill.
Pug➦
An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck.
Pug➦
A name for a monkey.
Pug➦
A name for a fox.
Pug➦
An intimate; a crony; a dear one.
Pug➦
Chaff; the refuse of grain.
Pug➦
A prostitute.
Pug➦
One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.
Pug➦
Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
Pug➦
A footprint; a track; as of a boar.
Pug➦
Small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle