different between ragging vs gagging

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

English

Etymology

From gag +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ???/

Verb

gagging

1. present participle of gag

Derived terms

• gagging for it
• gagging order

Noun

gagging (plural gaggings)

1. A gag motion or reflex.
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

     She was restarted on L-DOPA later, in the middle of July, and this time the tongue-pulsions and gaggings were not evoked at all, but, on the contrary, a striking improvement occurred.