different between lagging vs lingering

English

Etymology

from lag

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æ???

Adjective

lagging (comparative more lagging, superlative most lagging)

1. falling behind, not keeping up the pace
2. Occurring after; indicating the later phase of

   Coordinate terms: concurrent, leading

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:lagging.

Derived terms

• lagging indicator

Noun

lagging (usually uncountable, plural laggings)

1. The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection.
2. The material so used.
3. (slang, countable) A prison sentence.

Usage notes

• (prison sentence): Defined in various sources as a sentence of at least two, three, or five years' duration.

Derived terms

• beggar's lagging
• tramp's lagging

Translations

Verb

lagging

1. present participle of lag

Related terms

• laggard

English

Etymology

From linger +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?l???????/, /?l??????/
• Hyphenation: ling?er?ing

Noun

lingering (plural lingerings)

1. gerund of linger: an act of loitering or waiting.
   • 2000, David S. Reynolds, A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman (page 73)

     But through this insistent rhythm and rhyme, there are only questions and parenthetical pauses, interruptions and lingerings.

2. That which lingers; a remnant.

Translations

Verb

lingering

1. present participle of linger