Plug vs Slug - What's the Difference?
Definition as Noun
- blatant or sensational promotion
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
- an old or over-worked horse
- an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
- electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
Definition as Noun
- a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms
- a counterfeit coin
- an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
- any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
- a projectile that is fired from a gun
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- an idle slothful person
- a strip of type metal used for spacing
Definition as Verb
- make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
- replace the center of a coin with a baser metal
- insert a plug into
- insert as a plug
- persist in working hard
- deliver a quick blow to
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
Definition as Verb
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation
- strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
Examples
- "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"
- "Students must plug away at this problem"
- "he punched me in the stomach"
- "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"
- "he took a slug of hard liquor"
- "I gave him a clout on his nose"
- "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
- "He slugged me so hard that I passed out"