drag vs lag

drag and lag both are nouns.

drag and lag both are verbs.

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

As verbs, lag is a hypernym of drag; that is, lag is a word with a broader meaning than drag:

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

Other hypernyms of drag include dawdle, fall back, fall behind.

drag (noun)	lag (noun)
the act of dragging (pulling with force)	the act of slowing down or falling behind
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)	one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)	the time between one event, process, or period and another
something tedious and boring
something that slows or delays progress
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

drag (verb)	lag (verb)
proceed for an extended period of time	throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting	cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
suck in or take (air)	hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
pull, as against a resistance	lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
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 drag and lag

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