Dial vs. Mug — What's the Difference?

A graduated surface or face on which a measurement, such as speed, is indicated by a moving needle or pointer.

A mug is a type of cup typically used for drinking hot drinks, such as coffee, hot chocolate, or tea. Mugs usually have handles and hold a larger amount of fluid than other types of cup.

The face of a clock.

A heavy cylindrical drinking cup usually having a handle.

A sundial.

The amount that such a cup can hold.

The panel or face on a radio or television receiver on which the frequencies or channels are indicated.

The human face.

A movable control knob or other device on a radio or television receiver used to change the frequency.

The area of the human mouth, chin, and jaw.

A rotatable disk on a telephone with numbers and letters, used to signal the number to which a call is made.

A grimace.

To measure with or as if with a dial.

A mug shot.

To point to, indicate, or register by means of a dial.

A thug; a hoodlum.

To control or select by means of a dial

Chiefly British Slang A victim or dupe.

To call (a party) on a telephone.

(Informal) To photograph (a person's face) for police files.

To signal (a number) in making a telephone call

To threaten or assault (a person) with the intent to rob

To use a dial.

To make exaggerated facial expressions, especially for humorous effect

To use a telephone.

A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.A mug

A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).

The face.

A clock face.

A gullible or easily-cheated person.

A sundial.

A stupid or contemptible person.

A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.

(slang) A criminal.

A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.

Motherfucker (usually in similes, e.g. "like a mug" or "as a mug")

A person's face.

(archaic) Easily fooled, gullible.

A miner's compass.

Uninteresting or unpleasant.

(transitive) To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.

To strike in the face.

(transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.

(transitive) To assault for the purpose of robbery.

(intransitive) To use a dial or a telephone.

(intransitive) To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose, as for photographs or in a performance, in an exaggerated or affected manner.

An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical.

(transitive) To photograph for identification; to take a mug shot.

The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands.

To learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.

A miner's compass.

A kind of ceramic or metal drinking cup, with a handle, - usually cylindrical and without a lip.

To measure with a dial.

The face or mouth; as, I don't want to see your ugly mug again; - often used contemptuously.

To survey with a dial.

To take property from (a person) in a public place by threatening or committing violence on the person who is robbed; to rob, especially to rob by use of a weapon such as a knife or gun.

The face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours

The quantity that can be held in a mug

The control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning

A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

The circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments

The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)

A disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called

With handle and usually cylindrical

Operate a dial to select a telephone number;

Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence;

Choose by means of a dial;