Log vs. Lug — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Log and Lug
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Definitions
Log
A part of the trunk or a large branch of a tree that has fallen or been cut off
A roaring log fire
She tripped over a fallen log
Lug
A handle or projection used as a hold or support.
Log
An official record of events during the voyage of a ship or aircraft
A ship's log
Lug
A lug nut.
Log
An apparatus for determining the speed of a ship, originally one consisting of a float attached to a knotted line that is wound on a reel, the distance run out in a certain time being used as an estimate of the vessel's speed.
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Lug
(Nautical) A lugsail.
Log
The Ranfurly Shield, an interprovincial rugby union trophy competed for annually in New Zealand
Errors late in the game cost them a shot at the log of wood
Lug
A projecting part of a larger piece that helps to provide traction, as on a tire or the sole of a boot.
Log
Short for logarithm
Log x
Log values
Lug
A copper or brass fitting to which electrical wires can be soldered or otherwise connected.
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Log
Enter (an incident or fact) in the log of a ship or aircraft or in another systematic record
The incident has to be logged
Lug
(Slang) A clumsy fool; a blockhead.
Log
Cut down (an area of forest) in order to exploit the timber commercially
There are plans to log 250,000 hectares of virgin rainforest
Lug
The act of lugging.
Log
A usually large section of a trunk or limb of a fallen or felled tree.
Lug
Something lugged.
Log
A long thick section of trimmed, unhewn timber.
Lug
A box for shipping fruit or vegetables.
Log
A device trailed from a ship to determine its speed through the water.
Lug
The ancient Celtic god of artisanship and warriors. He was said to be the father of Cuchulain.
Log
A record of a ship's speed, its progress, and any shipboard events of navigational importance.
Lug
To drag or haul (an object) laboriously.
Log
The book in which this record is kept.
Lug
To pull or drag with short jerks.
Log
A record of a vehicle's performance, as the flight record of an aircraft.
Lug
To cause (an engine, for example) to run poorly or hesitate
If you drive too slowly in third gear, you'll lug the engine.
Log
A record, as of the performance of a machine or the progress of an undertaking
A computer log.
A trip log.
Lug
To pull something with difficulty; tug.
Log
A logarithm.
Lug
To move along by jerks or as if under a heavy burden.
Log
To cut down, trim, and haul the timber of (a piece of land).
Lug
To run poorly or hesitate because of strain. Used of an engine
The motor lugs on hills.
Log
To cut (timber) into unhewn sections.
Lug
The act of hauling or dragging.
A hard lug
Log
To enter in a record, as of a ship or an aircraft.
Lug
That which is hauled or dragged.
The pack is a heavy lug.
Log
To travel (a specified distance, time, or speed)
Logged 30,000 air miles in April.
Lug
Anything that moves slowly.
Log
To spend or accumulate (time)
Had logged 25 years with the company.
Lug
A lug nut.
Log
To cut down, trim, and haul timber.
Lug
(electricity) A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw.
Log
The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
They walked across the stream on a fallen log.
Lug
A part of something which sticks out, used as a handle or support.
Log
Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
Lug
A large, clumsy, awkward man; a fool.
Log
Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
Lug
(UK) An ear or ear lobe.
While shaving, the poor sod had a fit and cut part of a lug off.
Log
(nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
Lug
A wood box used for transporting fruit or vegetables.
Log
(figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.
Lug
(slang) A request for money, as for political purposes.
They put the lug on him at the courthouse.
Log
A heavy longboard.
Lug
A lugworm.
Log
(figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.
Lug
(informal) A pull or drag on a cigarette.
Log
(mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
Lug
A rod or pole.
Log
(vulgar) A piece of feces.
Lug
A measure of length equal to 2 feet.
Log
(vulgar) A penis.
Lug
(nautical) A lugsail.
Log
A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
Lug
(harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.Harness pendant suspension mount featuring two lugs (at the bottom). The pendant has one lug (also named loop), placed in the gap between the two lugs of the hanger.
Log
A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
Lug
A loop (or protuberance) found on both arms of a hinge, featuring a hole for the axis of the hinge.
Log
(computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequence of records written to file.
Lug
A ridge or other protuberance on the surface of a body to increase traction or provide a hold for holding and moving it.
Log
A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 3{{nbsp}}liter).
Lug
To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull.
Why do you always lug around so many books?
Log
Synonym of logarithm. Category:en:Functions
To multiply two numbers, add their logs.
Lug
(transitive) To run at too slow a speed.
When driving up a hill, choose a lower gear so you don't lug the engine.
Log
(sciences) A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
Lug
To carry an excessive amount of sail for the conditions prevailing.
Log
(transitive) To cut trees into logs.
Lug
To pull toward the inside rail ("lugging in") or the outside rail ("lugging out") during a race.
Log
(transitive) To cut down (trees).
Lug
The ear, or its lobe.
Log
(intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
Lug
That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.
Log
(transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
To log the miles travelled by a ship
Lug
A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.
Log
(transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
Lug
The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
Log
(transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
Lug
The lugworm.
Log
A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.
Lug
A man; sometimes implying clumsiness.
Log
A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.
Lug
The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.
Log
An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
Lug
Anything which moves slowly.
Log
The record of the rate of speed of a ship or airplane, and of the course of its progress for the duration of a voyage; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.
Lug
A rod or pole.
Log
A record and tabulated statement of the person(s) operating, operations performed, resources consumed, and the work done by any machine, device, or system.
Lug
A measure of length, being 16½ feet; a rod, pole, or perch.
Log
A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
Lug
To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome.
They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share.
Log
A record of activities performed within a program, or changes in a database or file on a computer, and typically kept as a file in the computer.
Lug
To move slowly and heavily.
Log
To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run.
Lug
Ancient Celtic god
Log
To record any event in a logbook, especially an event relating to the operation of a machine or device.
Lug
A sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast
Log
To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.
Lug
A projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something
Log
To move to and fro; to rock.
Lug
Marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait
Log
A segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
Lug
Carry with difficulty;
You'll have to lug this suitcase
Log
Large log at the back of a hearth fire
Lug
Obstruct;
My nose is all stuffed
Her arteries are blocked
Log
The exponent required to produce a given number
Log
A written record of messages sent or received;
They kept a log of all transmission by the radio station
An email log
Log
A written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
Log
Measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
Log
Enter into a log, as on ships and planes
Log
Cut lumber, as in woods and forests
