different between sagging vs ragging

English

Noun

sagging (countable and uncountable, plural saggings)

1. The act of something that sags.
   • 1969, Sugar Technologists' Association of India, Proceedings

     It was noticed that there had been saggings and bulgings in the trays.
2. A manner of wearing pants or shorts below the waist, revealing some or all of the underwear.

Adjective

sagging (comparative more sagging, superlative most sagging)

1. (of a person or clothes) Worn low on the waist, or wearing pants or shorts low on the waist.

Verb

sagging

1. present participle of sag

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