What's the difference between snag and snig?

Snag


Definition:

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
  • (v. t.) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
  • (v. t.) To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The principal snags that still remain are: post-operative infection in about a third of cases; the rare but possible development of an enterocele and of dyspareunia (2%).
  • (2) Amazon and Google's drone delivery plans hit snag with new US regulations Read more The company announced that a cross-government team supported by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) gave permission to Amazon to explore three key areas: operations beyond line of sight, obstacle avoidance and flights where one person operates multiple autonomous drones.
  • (3) By snagging a 14-second submission and securing the quickest finish in UFC championship history.
  • (4) Those in the first row had arrived at 3am to snag prime spots to greet the object of their affection.
  • (5) • Wipes, nappies, sanitary towels, rags and condoms do not break down easily and can snag on pipes, drains and the walls of sewers, leading to blockages.
  • (6) We hope to create laws that help protect the security of the Japanese people.” Abe’s economic policy hit a snag when Japan slipped back into recession in the third quarter, amid weak consumer and corporate spending.
  • (7) This bureaucratic snag was what prompted Frayha to try to reach Greece last weekend , even after the introduction of the EU-Turkey deportation deal.
  • (8) The variant, termed SNAG 1, continues to synthesize idiotypic IgM, which can be detected in the cytoplasm, but it neither secretes nor expresses IgM on the cell surface (less than 10% of the levels of the original BCL tumor), even though the H and L chains show no gross structural changes.
  • (9) As soon as it caught my bait it pulled 20 metres of line from my reel, the only time that’s happened before is when I got snagged on a boat propeller.
  • (10) The treaty immediately hit a snag because politicians in the US, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, passed a vote in the Senate refusing to ratify the protocol.
  • (11) In Carlos Queiroz Iran have a defensive mastermind to savour this kind of match, a coach who is happiest seeing opposition teams grind though the gears, snagged on his high-grade defensive spike strips.
  • (12) Two reports published on Wednesday have suggested that the investigation has hit a snag over what is expected of agents on foreign trips.
  • (13) The deal had hit a late snag over agents’ fees on Tuesday but Villa have confirmed their first January capture.
  • (14) Sharon Shoesmith has not changed her appearance, as some might expect her to have done since she was dismissed as Haringey council's director of children's services last year: she still has short, dark hair above heavy designer glasses, and, apart from dropping them a few times, and apart from a sudden snag into tears, she is very composed, very still.
  • (15) The National Review's Robert Costa says it looks good: Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) Leadership sources: no snags right now on informal whip count, legislation continues to move twd floor, vote coming later October 15, 2013 Except: Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) Pressure mounts on conservatives to vote nay RT @Heritage_Action Key Vote: “NO” on House Spending and Debt Deal October 15, 2013 The failure of the latest Boehner initiative could make a strong argument for the terminal paralysis of the House and the return of the legislative initiative to the Senate.
  • (16) Danny Green then throws a really ill-conceived pass that Ray Allen snags for another three-pointer, because that's what he does.
  • (17) Since Colbert’s debut this week, he has already snagged an interview with GOP contender Jeb Bush and booked future appearances with candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
  • (18) And anyway, when he came to think about the show, his shifting idea of Britain, there were other things his mind was snagging on.
  • (19) Results of both clinical and laboratory-based studies showed the non-woven swab to be as effective as traditional gauze in terms of softness, conformability, ability to pad or pack, resistance to snagging and shredding, and ease of counting when wet.
  • (20) The valve is of crucial importance and varices represent a symptom indicating a snag in the venous return.

Snig


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To chop off; to cut.
  • (v. i.) To sneak.
  • (n.) Alt. of Snigg

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Metcalf’s note records that the officer told him he did not want to put in writing that the arresting officers’ evidence was contradicted by the film, because: “There would appear to be some opposition at Snig Hill [South Yorkshire police’s then headquarters] to our providing evidence which could cause the case to be lost.” The Hillsborough families’ lawyers, in their legal argument, said this showed senior officers did not want the discrepancy between the film and the officers’ evidence to be in writing, because it could then have to be disclosed to the miners’ lawyers making the civil claims.
  • (2) Donald Denton – chief superintendent Denton was a senior administrator based at Snig Hill police headquarters in Sheffield and had the job of liaising with West Midlands police, the force brought in to conduct the investigation for Taylor and the first coroner.
  • (3) The IPCC found internal notes by Hammond Suddards, suggesting that senior officers at Snig Hill, the force headquarters, acknowledged that some miners had not been treated properly and there was some perjury by officers.

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