Rag vs. Sag: What's the Difference?
Rag and Sag Definitions
Rag
A scrap of cloth.
Sag
To sink, droop, or settle from pressure or weight.
Rag
A piece of cloth used for cleaning, washing, or dusting.
Sag
To lose vigor, firmness, or resilience
My spirits sagged after I had been rejected for the job.
Rag
Rags Threadbare or tattered clothing.
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Sag
To decline, as in value or price
Stock prices sagged after a short rally.
Rag
Cloth converted to pulp for making paper.
Sag
(Nautical) To drift to leeward.
Rag
A scrap; a fragment.
Sag
To wear one's pants with the waist below the hips, so that one's underwear is visible.
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Rag
(Slang) A newspaper, especially one specializing in sensationalism or gossip.
Sag
To cause to sag.
Rag
The stringy central portion and membranous walls of a citrus fruit.
Sag
The act or an instance of sagging.
Rag
A practical joke; a prank.
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Sag
The degree or extent to which something sags.
Rag
A roofing slate with one rough surface.
Sag
A sagging or drooping part or area
Tried to brush out the paint sags.
Rag
Chiefly British A coarsely textured rock.
Sag
A sunken area of land; a depression.
Rag
A piece written in ragtime.
Sag
A sagging area; a depression.
Rag
To criticize or scold (someone).
Sag
A decline, as in monetary value.
Rag
To criticize or complain about (something).
Sag
(Nautical) A drift to leeward.
Rag
To tease or taunt (someone).
Sag
The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
Rag
Chiefly British To play a joke on.
Sag
The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
Rag
(Sports) In ice hockey, to maintain possession of (the puck) by outmaneuvering opposing players, especially so as to kill a penalty.
Sag
The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.
Rag
To compose or play (a piece) in ragtime.
Sag
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn.
The floor of a room sags.
Her once firm bosom began to sag in her thirties.
Rag
(in the plural) Tattered clothes.
Sag
(by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
A building may sag one way or another.
The door sags on its hinges.
Rag
A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
Sag
(figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
Rag
A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
Sag
To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
Rag
A ragged edge in metalworking.
Sag
(transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
Rag
A sail, or any piece of canvas.
Sag
(informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
Rag
Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
Sag
To pull down someone else's pants.
Rag
A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
Fish wrap
Sag
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.
Rag
(poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
I have ace-four on my hand. In other words, I have ace-rag.
Sag
Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear,Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
Rag
A curtain of various kinds.
Sag
To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
Rag
(dated) A person suffering from exhaustion or lack of energy.
Sag
To cause to bend or give way; to load.
Rag
A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
Sag
State of sinking or bending; sagging.
Rag
(dated) A prank or practical joke.
Sag
A shape that sags;
There was a sag in the chair seat
Rag
A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
Sag
Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
Rag
An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
Sag
Cause to sag;
The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably
Rag
A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
Rag
(transitive) To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
Rag
(intransitive) To become tattered.
Rag
To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
Rag
To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
Rag
To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
Rag
To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
Rag
To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
Rag
To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
Rag
To dance to ragtime music.
Rag
To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.
Rag
To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
Rag
To become tattered.
Rag
To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
Rag
To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
Rag
To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
Rag
To dance to ragtime music, esp. in some manner considered indecorous.
Rag
A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tossed,And fluttered into rags.
Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty.
Rag
Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
Rag
A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
The other zealous rag is the compositor.
Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag.
Rag
A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
Rag
A ragged edge.
Rag
A sail, or any piece of canvas.
Our ship was a clipper with every rag set.
Rag
A small piece of cloth or paper
Rag
A week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
Rag
Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
Rag
Newspaper with half-size pages
Rag
A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
Rag
Treat cruelly;
The children tormented the stuttering teacher
Rag
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;
Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
Rag
Play in ragtime;
Rag that old tune
Rag
Harass with persistent criticism or carping;
The children teased the new teacher
Don't ride me so hard over my failure
His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
Rag
Censure severely or angrily;
The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
Rag
Break into lumps before sorting;
Rag ore
