Thug vs. Pug — What's the Difference?

A cutthroat or ruffian; a hoodlum.

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.

Also Thug One of a group of professional criminals, devotees of Kali, who robbed and murdered travelers in northern India until the mid-1800s.

A dog of a dwarf breed like a bulldog with a broad flat nose and deeply wrinkled face.

Someone with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, often for hire.

A small, slender moth which rests with its wings stretched out to the sides.

(historical) One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered their victims to her.

Pugged clay.

(horticulture) An over-vigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.

A boxer

A punk; a hoodlum; a hooligan.

The footprint of an animal

A wooden bat used in the game of miniten, fitting around the player's hand.

Work (clay) into a soft, plastic condition suitable for making bricks or pottery, without air pockets

(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.

Pack (a space) with pug, sawdust, or other material in order to deaden sound

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.

Track (an animal) by its footprints.

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.

A dog of a small sturdy breed developed in China, having a short muzzle, wrinkled face, short smooth coat, and tightly curled tail.

An assassin; a ruffian; a rough.

A pug nose.

An aggressive and violent young criminal

Clay ground and kneaded with water into a plastic consistency for forming bricks or pottery.

A machine for grinding and mixing clay.

A footprint, track, or trail, especially of an animal; a pugmark.

A fighter, especially a boxer.

To work or knead (clay) with water.

To fill in with clay or mortar.

To make soundproof by covering or packing with clay, mortar, sawdust, or felt.

A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.

A bargeman.

(obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain

Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.

(obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.

An upper servant in a great house.

A harlot; a prostitute.

(informal) One who fights with fists; a boxer.

Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)

A pug mill.

The pawprint or footprint of an animal.

(obsolete) A term of endearment.

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(transitive) To mix and stir when wet.

(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.

To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.

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.

Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.

A pug mill.

An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck.

A name for a monkey.

A name for a fox.

An intimate; a crony; a dear one.

Chaff; the refuse of grain.

A prostitute.

One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.

Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.

A footprint; a track; as of a boar.

Small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle