Difference between Hang Around and Linger

HANG AROUND vs LINGER: VERB

To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
Leave slowly and hesitantly
Move to and fro
Be about
Remain present although waning or gradually dying
Take one's time; proceed slowly
To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytical thinking or discussion.

To stay in a place or be slow in leaving it, often out of reluctance: : stay.
To continue or persist.
To remain feebly alive for some time before dying.
To proceed slowly; saunter.
To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
To devote considerable time to something, especially in a leisurely fashion.

Proceed slowly
Take one's time
To hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time
Be about a place without any apparent purpose
To make long; prolong; protract; delay; put off; defer.
To remain in a place or a state for an unusual, undue, or unexpected length of time; defer action, movement, decision, etc., either from inclination or necessity; hold back; tarry; delay; loiter.
To spend in an inactive or tedious manner; drag: with out, and sometimes away.

Bum around, Loiteringly, Hang about, Mill around, Mill about, Mess about, Lallygag, Footle, Loaf, Lounge, Tarry, Lurk, Loiter, Linger, Lollygag

Mill around, Mill about, Mess about, Lallygag, Hang around, Footle, Loaf, Lounge, Lollygag, Dally, Tarry, Loiter, Dawdle, Hover, Lurk

Bum around, Loiteringly, Hang about, Mill around, Mill about, Mess about, Lallygag, Footle, Loaf, Lounge, Tarry, Lurk, Loiter, Linger, Lollygag

Persist, Mill around, Mill about, Mess about, Lallygag, Hang around, Footle, Loaf, Lounge, Lollygag, Dally, Tarry, Loiter, Hover, Lurk

Fellows who hang around the man nobody noes.
It likes to hang around for a while.
LOVE doing these to hang around our classroom.
He had let me hang around his family.
Every Keralites all around the globe welcomes Vishu with celebrations along with Easter, as the dates hang around like intimate friends.
Just gather a few cozy chairs, pass around the throw blankets, and your neighbors will be set to hang around all night long.
Direct mail can hang around for a while and often gets passed around the office or the household.
If you need constant reminders of liberal hypocrisy, just hang around, as there will be another one right around the corner.
Jones: But they pretty much hang out, hang around together?
Locals hang around on their boat docks whilst guests hang around in lake entrance parks to take in the boat parade.