hang — hanged ~ hang — hung:
“Hang” (verb) means ‘to fix or support something at the top so that the lower part is free’,
This verb has regular and irregular forms in past and past participle.
hang — hanged — hanged [regular form ]
However, there is clear distinction between them in the usage:
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(frocks were hung on hangers)
Use ‘hung’ in the past and past participle when the reference is to a thing, such as a piece of cloth, hat, picture, curtain, etc.; and also use ‘hung’ to refer to the act of disconnecting a telephone conversation in the middle, e.g. “She hung up on me!” means ‘she disconnected the telephone connection from her side while he was still talking to her’:
e.g.
He hung his coat on the hook.
A clothesline is a long rope or wire on which wet clothes are hung to dry.
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(They were hanged in public.)
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Use “hanged” in the past and past participle when the reference is to a person being killed, as a punishment, by dropping them with a rope around the neck, or a person killing him-/herself in this way:
e.g.
He was hanged (to death) for murder.
She hanged herself when he refused to marry her.
(a clothes hanger)
