different between fagging vs nagging

English

Verb

fagging

1. present participle of fag

Noun

fagging (countable and uncountable, plural faggings)

1. (Britain, historical, education) The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students.
   • 1841, The English Journal (volume 1, page 222)

     We are happy we never had anything to do with faggings and floggings. We can well remember the terrific impression they made on our mind, as our friends were afflicted by them.

   • 1922, Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt, Record of Christian Work (volume 41, page 343)

     The public schoolboy is taught to bear whippings and faggings without murmuring.

English

Verb

nagging

1. present participle of nag

Noun

nagging (plural naggings)

1. The action of the verb nag.
   • 1998, Norah Lillian Lewis, Dear editor and friends (page 127)

     After breakfast it takes a stout heart and strong nerve to tackle the burden of dishwashing, separator, milk things, disorderly house, interspersed with quarrels, naggings, and interruptions of the children […]

Translations

Adjective

nagging (comparative more nagging, superlative most nagging)

1. Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.

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Anagrams

• ganging