Pugging vs. Purging

Puggingnoun

(architecture) mortar etc. laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound.

Puggingnoun

The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.

Puggingnoun

Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; - in the United States usually called deafening.

Puggingadjective

Thieving.

Purgingnoun

The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing, particularly:

Purgingnoun

A removal of undesirable people.

Purgingnoun

The cleansing of a device by flushing it with water, steam, or some other liquid or gas.

Purgingnoun

The removal of waste from the human body, particularly:

Purgingnoun

The removal of excess humors through bloodletting, induced vomitting, etc.

Purgingnoun

The removal of digested waste: defecation; defecation induced by laxatives.

Purgingnoun

Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.

Purgingnoun

That which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc.

Purgingnoun

: the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed.

Purgingadjective

That purges; cleansing.

Purgingnoun

The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea.

Purgingnoun

an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements

Purgingnoun

the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge

Purgingadjective

serving to purge or rid of sin;