Difference between Dun and Rag

What is the difference between Dun and Rag?

Dun as a verb is to ask or beset a debtor for payment. while Rag as a verb is to scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

Dun

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of a brownish grey colour.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To ask or beset a debtor for payment. To ask or beset a debtor for payment.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a brownish grey colour. A collector of debts. A valley in the Himalayan foothills, e.g. Dehra Dun. A newly hatched, immature mayfly

Rag

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.To haze, use physical violence in school setting.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.A ragged edge.A sail, or any piece of canvas.A piece of ragtime music.A newspaper, magazine.A card that appears to help no one.A low card

Example sentence: My mother was a fastidious and orderly homemaker. I was the messy but creative type. I picture her following behind me through life with a damp rag and an air of exasperation.

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