What's the difference between fagging and fogging?

Fagging


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fag
  • (n.) Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another at an English school.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Rebelling by dabbling in drink, fags, sex – the list goes on – is part of growing up.
  • (2) Here, we examine a group of six recessive mutations, the facets (fa, fa3, fag, fag-2, fafx and fasw), which affect eye and optic lobe morphology and have been previously shown to be associated with the insertion of transposable elements into an intronic region of Notch.
  • (3) There were 54 cases of somaticised anxiety (brain fag); 22 cases of depressive neurosis characterised by hypochondriasis, cognitive complaints, and culturally determined paranoid ideation; 23 cases of 'hysteria' in the form of dissociative states, pseudoseizures and fugues; and 39 cases of brief reactive psychosis which differed from the dissociative states more in duration and intensity than in form.
  • (4) The use of VW FAg levels in the diagnosis of vasculitic disorders has been proposed.
  • (5) It is the fact that the poor spend too much on fags and booze.
  • (6) In this paper an attempt has been made to tie the concept down more firmly by proposing a strict definition, examining the appropriateness of this definition in determining the CBS status of two new syndromes (anorexia nervosa and brain-fag) and analysing the usefulness or not of the basic CBS concept.
  • (7) In males, atrophic areas and the remaining choriocapillaris are clearly demonstrated in FAG and less well visible in ICG angiograms.
  • (8) At baseline, although the levels were not outside the laboratory range, the disease groups had raised VW FAg compared with the simultaneously tested controls.
  • (9) For those who like verisimilitude in their faux fags there are disposables – the hefty but effective Ten Motives or the petite, feminine NJOY – and rechargeable kits complete with USB chargers and cartridges from the likes of E-Lites, Halo and Skycig.
  • (10) Venostatic stress increased VW FAg activity in all disease groups, control levels also increased and differences between controls and disease groups diminished in significance.
  • (11) Brown's fear has been that he might inherit the fag end of a tired government.
  • (12) In other words, the noise surrounding this debate, not to mention the TV duel, will only partly be about whether Britain should be in Europe or not: the rest of it, one would imagine, will centre on the issue of immigration, both in terms of its links with the EU, and as a public concern that informs just about every other area of policy – and, implicitly or otherwise, the sense a lot of people have that we are governed by a homogeneous, well-heeled, cosseted bunch of politicians, and among the only people who offer any kind of alternative is Farage, complete with his pint and fag.
  • (13) At fluorescein angiography (FAG) at a mean of 8 months post-operatively, 9 showed leaking from the iridal vessels, and 3 were normal: Three cases were excluded because of factors affecting the iris FAG.
  • (14) He cycles down to the docks, puffs a fag and contemplates the water.
  • (15) In 1995, when Williams walked out on his boyband, he bounded into Liam's rock'n'roll life with ease – because although he had once writhed around in jelly , he also had a rebellious side with a penchant for Adidas jackets, booze, birds and fags.
  • (16) A lovely woman meets us, gives us fags in the cab and says she'll happily answer to the name of Dave too.
  • (17) ITV chief executive Charles Allen accused the corporation of "back of a fag packet" calculations after it requested an inflation-busting settlement that would result in the current £131.50 fee increase to more than £180 by 2014.
  • (18) "Obviously all the other cunts will have the same idea, and the motorways will be rammed," Dad continued, fag wedged in mouth, "so we'll be taking the back roads.
  • (19) In M-SHRSPs with age of 8 weeks, systolic blood pressure was 220mmHg or more and retinal arterioles showed generalised narrowing but no dye leakage was recognized by fluorescein angiography (FAG).
  • (20) The gently warm vapour ingeniously replicates the reflective pause of a real fag, the same quiet little buzz.

Fogging


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fog

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Fog and base levels of E-speed film were greater than those of D-speed film.
  • (2) Martin O’Neill spoke of his satisfaction at the Republic of Ireland’s score draw in the first leg of their Euro 2016 play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina – and of his relief that the match was not abandoned despite the dense fog that descended in the second half and threatened to turn the game into a farce.
  • (3) Poor workplace health and safety, inadequate toilet facilities and dangerous fumes from mosquito fogging that led to one asylum seeker with asthma collapsing were all raised as concerns by Kilburn, although he stressed that he believed G4S management and expatriate G4S staff acted appropriately.
  • (4) fog embryos do not form a normal posterior midgut and although their germbands do elongate, they do not extend dorsally.
  • (5) The presence of a fogging effect was seen by CT on day 12 and MRI revealed a high signal intensity in the region of the basal ganglia in T 1 image, a high signal intensity in the peripheral region and a low signal intensity in the center in T 2 image.
  • (6) Two models are discussed for how fog-2 might positively regulate the fem genes and fog-1 to permit spermatogenesis; fog-2 may act as a negative regulator of tra-2 and tra-3, or fog-2 may act positively on the fem genes and fog-1 rendering them insensitive to the negative action of tra-2 and tra-3.
  • (7) The data pertaining to the radiographic contrast and relative speed values were calculated from the step-wedge curve and, together with the base plus fog values, were tabulated.
  • (8) On one side stand the FOGs – the Friends of George – and on the other stand the FOBs – the Friends of Boris.
  • (9) The same intrepid, almost naive, fascination with a world shrouded in the icy fog of snobbery, deference, and class-consciousness animated Sampson.
  • (10) The SR calcium ATPase activity of the different fibres varied in the FG greater than FOG greater than SO order, while myoglobin immunoreactivity in the FOG greater than SO greater than FG order.
  • (11) In contrast to the fog focus, no particular cell must be wild type in tsg mosaics for survival.
  • (12) An exact dosage is possible only by measuring the fog flow and when the exact density of fog is known.
  • (13) Wanamaker ultimately helped show us much about the theatre of the past – which can help us towards a bolder future – but also much about the English character, which had perhaps been lost in the great fog of empire and post-empire.
  • (14) The green patches are of scattered low clouds (stratocumulus, stratus, fog).
  • (15) Traumatised victims fleeing the fog of war gave accounts of what they saw.
  • (16) See the bullet holes in street lamps... the shrouded vision in the clouds and the fog of the buildings from which the shots came... the photographs of those who lost their lives.. the people who put themselves on the line for the future of Ukraine.” Kerry said he spoke spontaneously with Ukrainians gathered there, who pleaded with him not to go back to life as it was under Yanukovych.
  • (17) Then the judges said my name, and I can’t really remember what happened … it was all a bit of a fog.
  • (18) Blair’s business decision might thin the fog of rage – and help Labour | Jonathan Freedland Read more The scaling back of commercial activities may remove a second millstone around his reputation, although critics will say he has already made substantial sums from his businesses, including from some authoritarian regimes.
  • (19) According to the Met Office, the forecast for London and the south-east once the fog lifts is, "largely dry with broken cloud and sunny spells developing.
  • (20) Ingestion of an improperly stored liquid pesticide was the most common route of intoxication (76% of patients); five (14%) children became intoxicated after playing on carpets and floors of homes that had been sprayed or fogged by unlicensed exterminators.

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