different between clamber vs slog

English

Etymology

From Middle English clambren, clameren, clemeren (“to climb, clamber; to crawl, creep”), then either:

• possibly from clam, clamb, clemb, past tense of climben (“to climb, get over; to ascend, rise”), and influenced by Old English clæmman (“to press”); or
• from Old English *clambrian, from Proto-Germanic *klambr?n? or *klambiz?n?.

The English word is cognate with Low German klemmern, klempern (“to climb”), Scots clammer (“to clamber”); and compare also Danish klamre (“to cling”), Icelandic klambra, klembra (“to pinch closely together; clamp”), Swedish klamra (“to cling”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?klæmb?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?klæmb?/
• Rhymes: -æmb?(r)
• Hyphenation: clam?ber

Verb

clamber (third-person singular simple present clambers, present participle clambering, simple past and past participle clambered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

Alternative forms

• clammer (dialectal)

Derived terms

• clamberer
• clambersome

Translations

Noun

clamber (plural clambers)

1. The act of clambering; a difficult or haphazard climb.

References

Anagrams

• cambrel, cramble

English

Etymology

Probably a variation of slug or slough.

Possibly related to slag, seen in the North Germanic languages, in association with the third verb and second noun definition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sl??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

slog (plural slogs)

1. (chiefly Britain and Canada) A long, tedious walk, or session of work.
2. (cricket) An aggressive shot played with little skill.

Verb

slog (third-person singular simple present slogs, present participle slogging, simple past and past participle slogged)

1. To walk slowly, encountering resistance.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[2]

     A miraculous desert rain. We slog, dripping, into As Safi, Jordan. We drive the sodden mules through wet streets. To the town’s only landmark. To the “Museum at the Lowest Place on Earth.”

2. (by extension) To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task.
3. To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:walk

Translations

Anagrams

• -logs, Glos, Glos., logs

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slo??/, [?sl?o?]

Verb

slog

1. past tense of slå

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

sl?g m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. syllable
2. stack, pile

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slu??/

Verb

slog

1. past tense of slå.