The difference between Drag and Transgender
When used as nouns, drag means resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it, whereas transgender means transgenderism.
When used as verbs, drag means to pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty, whereas transgender means to change the gender of.
Transgender is also adjective with the meaning: having a gender (identity) which is different from the sex one was assigned at birth: being assigned male at birth but having a female gender or vice versa.
check bellow for the other definitions of Drag and Transgender
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Drag as a noun (uncountable):
Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.
Examples:
"When designing cars, manufacturers have to take drag into consideration."
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Drag as a noun (countable, foundry):
The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
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Drag as a noun (countable):
A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
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Drag as a noun (countable, informal):
A puff on a cigarette or joint.
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Drag as a noun (countable, slang):
Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
Examples:
"Travelling to work in the rush hour is a real drag."
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Drag as a noun (countable, slang):
A type of horse-drawn carriage.
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Drag as a noun (countable, slang):
Street, as in 'main drag'.
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Drag as a noun (countable):
The scent-path left by dragging a fox, for training hounds to follow scents.
Examples:
"to run a drag"
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Drag as a noun (countable, snooker):
A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
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Drag as a noun:
A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
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Drag as a noun:
A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
Examples:
"a stone drag"
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Drag as a noun (metallurgy):
The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
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Drag as a noun (masonry):
A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
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Drag as a noun (nautical):
The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
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Drag as a noun:
Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
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Drag as a noun:
A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
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Drag as a noun:
Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
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Drag as a noun:
witch house music
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Drag as a noun:
The last position in a line of hikers.
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Drag as a noun (aviation, aerodynamics):
The act of suppressing wind flow to slow an aircraft in flight, as by use of flaps when landing.
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Drag as a verb (transitive):
To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
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Drag as a verb (intransitive):
To move slowly.
Examples:
"Time seems to drag when you’re waiting for a bus."
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Drag as a verb:
To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
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Drag as a verb:
To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
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Drag as a verb:
To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
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Drag as a verb:
To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
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Drag as a verb (computing):
To move (an item) on the computer display by means of a mouse or other input device.
Examples:
"'Drag the file into the window to open it."
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Drag as a verb:
(chiefly of a vehicle) To inadvertently rub or scrape on a surface.
Examples:
"The car was so low to the ground that its muffler was dragging on a speed bump."
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Drag as a verb (soccer):
To hit or kick off target.
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Drag as a verb:
To fish with a dragnet.
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Drag as a verb:
To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
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Drag as a verb:
To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
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Drag as a verb (figurative):
To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
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Drag as a verb (slang):
To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
Examples:
"You just drag him 'cause he's got more money than you."
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Drag as a noun (uncountable, slang):
Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
Examples:
"He performed in drag."
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Drag as a noun (uncountable, slang):
Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
Examples:
"corporate drag"
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Drag as a verb:
To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
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Transgender as an adjective (narrowly):
Having a gender (identity) which is different from the sex one was assigned at birth: being assigned male at birth but having a female gender or vice versa; or, pertaining to such people.
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Transgender as an adjective (broadly):
Not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female; having changed gender identity from male to female or female to male, or identifying with elements of both, or having some other gender identity; or, pertaining to such people.
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Transgender as an adjective (of a space):
Intended primarily for transgender people.
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Transgender as an adjective (of a space):
Available for use by transgender people (in addition to non-transgender people).
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Transgender as a noun (uncountable, now, rare):
Transgenderism; the state of being transgender.
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Transgender as a noun (countable, now, often, offensive):
A transgender person.
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Transgender as a verb (uncommon):
To change the gender of; to change the sex of.