The difference between Annoy and Nag
When used as nouns, annoy means a feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes, whereas nag means a small horse.
When used as verbs, annoy means to disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts, whereas nag means to continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
check bellow for the other definitions of Annoy and Nag
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Annoy as a verb (transitive):
To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
Examples:
"Marc loved his sister, but when she annoyed him he wanted to switch her off."
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Annoy as a verb (intransitive):
To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
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Annoy as a verb (transitive):
To molest; to harm; to injure.
Examples:
"to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade"
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Annoy as a noun (now, _, rare, literary):
A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
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Annoy as a noun (now, _, rare, literary):
That which causes such a feeling.
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Nag as a noun:
A small horse; a pony.
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Nag as a noun:
An old useless horse.
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Nag as a noun (obsolete, derogatory):
A paramour.
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Nag as a verb (ambitransitive):
To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
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Nag as a verb:
To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
Examples:
"The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day."
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Nag as a verb:
To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
Examples:
"a nagging pain in his left knee"
"a nagging north wind"
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Nag as a noun:
Someone or something that nags.
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Nag as a noun:
A repeated complaint or reminder.
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Nag as a noun:
A persistent, bothersome thought or worry