Difference between Linger and Lounge

What is the difference between Linger and Lounge?

Linger as a verb is to stay or remain. while Lounge as a verb is to relax as if in a lounge.

Linger

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stay or remain.

Example sentence: In poetry, I have, since very young, loved poetry in translation. The Chinese, the French, the Russians, Italians, Indians and early Celts: the formality of the translator's voice, their measured breath and anxiety moves me as it lingers over the original.

Lounge

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To relax as if in a lounge.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A waiting room in an office, airport etc.A domestic living room.An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and you are able to sit comfortably as music is being played softly in the background and/or a television program is being displayed .A large comfortable seat for 2.5 people or more, a sofa or couch. Also a lounge chair

Example sentence: I grew up in a commissioned house in the next suburb over, Mount Abbot. It was a two-bedroom house with me, my brother, and my two sisters. Mum and Dad slept in the lounge, and we didn't have wallpaper.

We hope you now know whether to use Linger or Lounge in your sentence.

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