different between nagging vs ragging

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

English

Verb

ragging

1. present participle of rag

Noun

ragging (countable and uncountable, plural raggings)

1. The act of one who rags or teases.
2. (South Asia) An initiation in educational institutions (e.g. universities) usually involving harassment by upperclassmen.

   Synonym: hazing (US)

   • 2008, The Goa Prohibition of Ragging Act, 2008 (Act 9 of 2009) section 2(e):

     “ragging” means any disorderly conduct, whether by words spoken or written or by an act which has the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness any other student indulging in rowdy or indisciplined activities which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in a fresher or a Junior student or asking the student to do any act or perform something which such student will not do in the ordinary course and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame or embarrassment or adversely affect the physique or psyche of a fresher or a Junior student;

Anagrams

• ring gag