dawdle vs drag

dawdle is not a noun while drag is a noun.

dawdle and drag both are verbs.

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

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

dawdle: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
drag: to lag or linger behind

Other hyponyms of dawdle include drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail.

dawdle (noun)	drag (noun)
	the act of dragging (pulling with force)
	a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
	clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
	something tedious and boring
	something that slows or delays progress
	the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

dawdle (verb)	drag (verb)
take one's time; proceed slowly	proceed for an extended period of time
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.	persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
waste time	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

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