nag vs plain
plain vs nagnag and plain both are nouns.
nag is not an adjective while plain is an adjective.
nag and plain both are verbs.
nag is not an adverb while plain is an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nag | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| plain | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
As verbs,
plain is a hypernym of
nag; that is, plain is a
word with a broader meaning than nag:
- nag: bother persistently with trivial complaints
- plain: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
| nag (noun) | plain (noun) |
|---|---|
| an old or over-worked horse | a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side |
| someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault | extensive tract of level open land |
| nag (adjective) | plain (adjective) |
|---|---|
| not elaborate or elaborated; simple | |
| lacking patterns especially in color | |
| free from any effort to soften to disguise | |
| clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | |
| not mixed with extraneous elements | |
| lacking embellishment or ornamentation | |
| lacking in physical beauty or proportion |
| nag (verb) | plain (verb) |
|---|---|
| remind or urge constantly | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness |
| bother persistently with trivial complaints | |
| worry persistently |
| nag (adverb) | plain (adverb) |
|---|---|
| unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') |
Words related to "nag"
Words related to "plain"
- Nullarbor Plain
- Olympia
- Serengeti
- Serengeti Plain
- apparent
- apparently
- austere
- backbite
- bare
- beef
- bellyache
- bemoan
- bewail
- bitch
- bleat
- champaign
- chaste
- colloquialism
- complain
- crab
- croak
- deplore
- depreciation
- derogation
- direct
- disparagement
- dry
- dry land
- earth
- evident
- evidently
- fancy
- featureless
- field
- flat
- flood plain
- floodplain
- gnarl
- gripe
- grizzle
- grouch
- ground
- grouse
- grumble
- hen-peck
- holler
- homely
- inelaborate
- inveigh
- kick
- knit
- knit stitch
- knitting stitch
- kvetch
- lament
- land
- literal
- llano
- manifest
- manifestly
- mere
- moor
- moorland
- murmur
- mutter
- nag
- obvious
- obviously
- palpable
- patent
- patently
- patterned
- peck
- peneplain
- peneplane
- plain stitch
- plainly
- plainness
- protest
- pure
- quetch
- rail
- repine
- report
- scold
- severe
- sheer
- simple
- snowfield
- solid ground
- solid-colored
- solid-coloured
- sound off
- spare
- squawk
- stark
- steppe
- stern
- tailored
- terra firma
- trim
- tundra
- unadorned
- unattractive
- undecorated
- unelaborate
- unembellished
- unmingled
- unmistakable
- unmixed
- unornamented
- unpatterned
- unpretentious
- unrhetorical
- unvarnished
- vanilla
- whine
- yammer
- yawp
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