different between rigging vs ragging

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??????/
• Rhymes: -????

Etymology 1

From Middle English riggyng, ryggyng, riggynge, equivalent to rig +? -ing.

Noun

rigging (countable and uncountable, plural riggings)

1. Dress; tackle; especially (nautical), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
2. Similar supporting material used for construction work, or in film, theater, etc.

Hyponyms

• (tackle of a sailing vessel): running rigging, standing rigging

Meronyms

• (tackle of a sailing vessel): See Thesaurus:rigging

Derived terms

• election-rigging

Translations

Etymology 2

From rig +? -ing.

Verb

rigging

1. present participle of rig

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