rag vs chaff

rag and chaff both are nouns.

rag and chaff both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rag	Yes	No	Yes	No
chaff	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

rag: harass with persistent criticism or carping
chaff: be silly or tease one another

Other hyponyms of rag include barrack, flout, gibe, jeer, scoff, banter, jolly, josh, kid.

rag (noun)	chaff (noun)
a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)	foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure
a small piece of cloth	material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
newspaper with half-size pages
music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

rag (verb)	chaff (verb)
break into lumps before sorting	be silly or tease one another
censure severely or angrily
harass with persistent criticism or carping
play in ragtime
treat cruelly
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

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