Haunt vs. Nag

Haunt vs. Nag — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Haunt and Nag

Hauntverb

(transitive) To inhabit, or visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house.

Nagnoun

A small horse; a pony.

Hauntverb

(transitive) To make uneasy, restless.

The memory of his past failures haunted him.

Nagnoun

An old useless horse.

Hauntverb

(transitive) To stalk, to follow

The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere.

Nagnoun

A paramour.

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Hauntverb

To live habitually; to stay, to remain.

Nagnoun

Someone or something that nags.

Hauntverb

To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.

Nagnoun

A repeated complaint or reminder.

Hauntverb

To practise; to devote oneself to.

Nagnoun

A persistent, bothersome thought or worry

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Hauntverb

(intransitive) To persist in staying or visiting.

Nagverb

(ambitransitive) To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.

Hauntnoun

A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.

The shopping mall is a popular haunt of the local teenagers in this town.I went back the town I used to live and visited all my old haunts.

Nagverb

To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.

The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.

Hauntnoun

(dialect) A ghost.

Nagverb

To bother or disturb persistently in any way.

a nagging pain in his left kneea nagging north wind

Hauntnoun

A feeding place for animals.

Nagnoun

someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

Hauntnoun

a frequently visited place

Nagnoun

an old or over-worked horse

Hauntverb

follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to;

her ex-boyfriend stalked herthe ghost of her mother haunted her

Nagverb

bother persistently with trivial complaints;

She nags her husband all day long

Hauntverb

haunt like a ghost; pursue;

Fear of illness haunts her

Nagverb

worry persistently;

nagging concerns and doubts

Hauntverb

be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place;

She haunts the ballet

Nagverb

remind or urge constantly;

she nagged to take a vacation