different between lingering vs nagging

lingering

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

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nagging

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.

Translations

Anagrams

  • ganging

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