lag vs drag

lag and drag both are nouns.

lag and drag both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

lag (noun)	drag (noun)
the act of slowing down or falling behind	the act of dragging (pulling with force)
one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket	a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
the time between one event, process, or period and another	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

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

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