balk vs drag

balk and drag both are nouns.

balk and drag both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
balk	Yes	No	Yes	No
drag	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, drag is a hyponym of balk; that is, drag is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than balk:

balk: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
drag: something that slows or delays progress

Other hyponyms of balk include albatross, millstone, bind, diriment impediment, obstacle, obstruction, straitjacket.

balk (noun)	drag (noun)
an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base	the act of dragging (pulling with force)
one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof	a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress	clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
the area on a billiard table behind the balkline	something tedious and boring
	something that slows or delays progress
	the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

balk (verb)	drag (verb)
refuse to comply	proceed for an extended period of time
	persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
	suck in or take (air)
	pull, as against a resistance
	draw slowly or heavily
	search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
	to lag or linger behind
	walk without lifting the feet
	move slowly and as if with great effort
	use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
	force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

Difference between balk and drag

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