What's the difference between knag and noggin?

Knag


Definition:

  • (n.) A knot in wood; a protuberance.
  • (n.) A wooden peg for hanging things on.
  • (n.) The prong of an antler.
  • (n.) The rugged top of a hill.

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Noggin


Definition:

  • (n.) A small mug or cup.
  • (n.) A measure equivalent to a gill.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He then delivered an inch-perfect cross to the back post and who was there to give it a floggin’ with his noggin but Kaká.
  • (2) He gets a boot on the noggin for his trouble, Vlaar the culprit, but it's accidental as the pair battled for the ball.
  • (3) The layman might think they'd been looking at Captain Pugwash or Noggin The Nog cartoons.
  • (4) Again the set-piece finds a France noggin, Benzema on this occasion, but again the effort is off target.
  • (5) Fletcher can't quite get his noggin to the blistering ball.
  • (6) Although noggin transcript is not localized in the oocyte and cleavage stage embryo, zygotic transcripts are initially restricted to the presumptive dorsal mesoderm and reach their highest levels at the gastrula stage in the dorsal lip of the blastopore (Spemann organizer).
  • (7) Therefore, we have named the cDNA noggin, noggin cDNA contains a single reading frame encoding a 26 kd protein with a hydrophobic amino-terminal sequence, suggesting that it is secreted.
  • (8) In the neurula, noggin is transcribed in the notochord and prechordal mesoderm.
  • (9) "I don't want this …" It becomes clear that "this" refers not only to a bashed noggin but to the settled routine Abby's life has become.
  • (10) Once it arrives there, it is met by the noggin of Forrest (who also has acres of space) but his header is aimed right at Mokin who does the necessaries.
  • (11) Never mind Pizzagate: in the 1960s the Spurs players showed that – yes, folks – you don't have to dislike someone to toss oven-prepared savoury snacks in the direction of their noggin .
  • (12) The activity of exogenous noggin RNA in embryonic axis induction and the localized expression of endogenous noggin transcripts suggest that noggin plays a role in normal dorsal development.

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