The difference between Banger and Snag
When used as nouns, banger means a thing or person which bangs, in any sense, whereas snag means a stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off.
Snag is also verb with the meaning: to catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
check bellow for the other definitions of Banger and Snag
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Banger as a noun:
A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
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Banger as a noun (British):
A firework that makes a bang.
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Banger as a noun (British, slang):
A woman's breast.
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Banger as a noun (British, NZ, Australia, slang):
A sausage.
Examples:
"[[bangers and mash]]"
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Banger as a noun (slang):
An old, worn-out car.
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Banger as a noun (US, slang):
A cylinder in a car.
Examples:
"He drives a little four-banger to work."
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Banger as a noun (US, slang):
A member of a gang (shortened from the word gangbanger).
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Banger as a noun (slang):
A powerfully energetic piece of music, especially dance music.
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Banger as a noun (slang, by extension):
Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
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Snag as a noun:
A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
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Snag as a noun:
Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
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Snag as a noun:
A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
Examples:
"rfquotek Prior"
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Snag as a noun:
A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
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Snag as a noun (figuratively):
A problem or difficulty with something.
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Snag as a noun:
A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
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Snag as a noun:
One of the secondary branches of an antler.
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Snag as a verb:
To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
Examples:
"Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!"
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Snag as a verb:
To damage or sink (a vessel) by collision; said of a tree or branch fixed to the bottom of a navigable body of water and partially submerged or rising to just beneath the surface.
Examples:
"The steamboat was snagged on the Mississippi River in 1862."
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Snag as a verb (fishing):
To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.
Examples:
"We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi River."
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Snag as a verb (slang):
To obtain or pick up (something).
Examples:
"Ella snagged a bottle of water from the fridge before leaving for her jog."
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Snag as a verb (slang):
To stealthily steal with legerdemain prowess (something).
Examples:
"The smiling little girl snagged her phone while performing a dance; but now was far-off among the crowd."
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Snag as a verb (UK, dialect):
To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
Examples:
"rfquotek Halliwell"
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Snag as a noun (UK, dialect, obsolete):
A light meal.
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Snag as a noun (Australia, informal, colloquial):
A sausage.
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Snag as a noun (Australian rules football, slang):
A goal.
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Snag as a noun:
A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).