The difference between Hack and Nag

When used as nouns, hack means a tool for chopping, whereas nag means a small horse.

When used as verbs, hack means to chop or cut down in a rough manner, whereas nag means to continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.

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  1. Hack as a verb (transitive):

    To chop or cut down in a rough manner.

    Examples:

    "They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle."

  2. Hack as a verb (intransitive):

    To cough noisily.

    Examples:

    "This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking."

  3. Hack as a verb:

    To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.

    Examples:

    "Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?"

  4. Hack as a verb (computing):

    To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.

    Examples:

    "I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later."

  5. Hack as a verb (computing):

    To accomplish a difficult programming task.

    Examples:

    "He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected."

  6. Hack as a verb (computing, slang, transitive):

    To work with something on an intimately technical level.

    Examples:

    "I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection."

  7. Hack as a verb (transitive, colloquial, by extension):

    To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.

    Examples:

    "I read up on dating tips so I can hack my sex life."

  8. Hack as a verb (transitive, slang, computing):

    To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code; to crack.

  9. Hack as a verb (transitive, slang, computing):

    By extension, to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).

    Examples:

    "When I logged into the social network, I discovered I'd been hacked."

  10. Hack as a verb (ice hockey):

    To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.

    Examples:

    "He's going to the penalty box after hacking the defender in front of the goal."

  11. Hack as a verb (ice hockey):

    To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.

    Examples:

    "There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck."

  12. Hack as a verb (baseball):

    To swing at a pitched ball.

    Examples:

    "He went to the batter's box hacking."

  13. Hack as a verb (soccer and rugby):

    To kick (a player) on the shins.

  14. Hack as a verb:

    To strike in a frantic movement.

  15. Hack as a verb (transitive):

    To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.

  1. Hack as a noun:

    A tool for chopping.

  2. Hack as a noun:

    A hacking blow.

  3. Hack as a noun:

    A gouge or notch made by such a blow.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  4. Hack as a noun:

    A dry cough.

  5. Hack as a noun:

    A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dr. H. More"

  6. Hack as a noun (figuratively):

    A try, an attempt.

  7. Hack as a noun (curling):

    The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.

  8. Hack as a noun (obsolete):

    A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.

  9. Hack as a noun (computing):

    An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.

  10. Hack as a noun (computing):

    An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.

  11. Hack as a noun (colloquial):

    A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.

    Examples:

    "Putting your phone in a sandwich bag when you go to the beach is such a great hack."

  12. Hack as a noun (computing, slang):

    An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.

  13. Hack as a noun (computing, slang):

    A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.

  14. Hack as a noun (slang, military):

    Time check.

  15. Hack as a noun (baseball):

    A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.

    Examples:

    "He took a few hacks, but the pitcher finally struck him out."

  16. Hack as a noun:

    A kick on the shins in football.

  17. Hack as a noun (slang, naval):

    confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment

  1. Hack as a noun (falconry):

    A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.

  2. Hack as a noun:

    A food-rack for cattle.

  3. Hack as a noun:

    A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.

  4. Hack as a noun:

    A grating in a mill race.

  1. Hack as a verb:

    To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.

  2. Hack as a verb (falconry):

    To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

  1. Hack as a noun:

    A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.

  2. Hack as a noun:

    A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.

    Examples:

    "I got by on hack work for years before I finally published my novel."

  3. Hack as a noun (pejorative):

    Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.

  4. Hack as a noun (slang):

    A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.

  5. Hack as a noun (now, chiefly, North America, colloquial):

    A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.

  6. Hack as a noun:

    A hearse.

  7. Hack as a noun (pejorative, authorship):

    An untalented writer.

    Examples:

    "Dason is nothing but a two-bit hack."

    "He's nothing but the typical hack writer."

  8. Hack as a noun (pejorative):

    One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)

  9. Hack as a noun (pejorative):

    A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.

  10. Hack as a noun (politics):

    A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)

  11. Hack as a noun (obsolete):

    A writer who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.

  12. Hack as a noun (obsolete):

    A procuress.

  1. Hack as a verb (dated):

    To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.

  2. Hack as a verb:

    To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).

  3. Hack as a verb (obsolete):

    To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Hanmer"

  4. Hack as a verb (obsolete):

    To live the life of a drudge or hack.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Goldsmith"

  5. Hack as a verb:

    To use as a hack; to let out for hire.

  6. Hack as a verb:

    To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

  1. Hack as a noun:

    A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.

  1. Hack as a verb:

    To play hackeysack.

  1. Nag as a noun:

    A small horse; a pony.

  2. Nag as a noun:

    An old useless horse.

  3. Nag as a noun (obsolete, derogatory):

    A paramour.

  1. Nag as a verb (ambitransitive):

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

  2. 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."

  3. Nag as a verb:

    To bother or disturb persistently in any way.

    Examples:

    "a nagging pain in his left knee"

    "a nagging north wind"

  1. Nag as a noun:

    Someone or something that nags.

  2. Nag as a noun:

    A repeated complaint or reminder.

  3. Nag as a noun:

    A persistent, bothersome thought or worry

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