Flag vs Note - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between flag and note

is that flag is a piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol or flag can be any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, iris pseudacorus or flag can be a slice of turf; a sod or flag can be a group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc while note is .

As a verb flag

is to furnish or deck out with flags or flag can be to weaken, become feeble or flag can be to lay down flagstones.

flag

English

(commons)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) flag, . More at (l), (l).

Noun

(en noun)

A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.

An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).

(nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.

(nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.

The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.

(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.

(computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.

(British) An abbreviation for capture the flag.

Synonyms

* Boolean * switch

Derived terms

* antiflag * false flag * flagkini * freak flag * raise a flag * show the flag * white flag

Verb

(flagg)

To furnish or deck out with flags.

To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=January 8 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Walcott was, briefly, awarded a penalty when he was upended in the box but referee Phil Dowd reversed his decision because Bendtner had been flagged offside. }}

To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.

Please flag down a taxi for me.

To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.

to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance

To note, mark or point out for attention.

I've flagged up the need for further investigation into this.

Users of the Internet forum can flag others' posts as inappropriate.

(computing) To signal (an event).

The compiler flagged three errors.

(computing) To set a program variable to true .

Flag the debug option before running the program.

Etymology 2

Probably from (etyl).

Verb

(flagg)

To weaken, become feeble.

His strength flagged toward the end of the race.

* Jonathan Swift

The pleasures of the town begin to flag .

* {{quote-news

, year=2012 , date=December 29 , author=Paul Doyle , title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=The sides took it in turns to err and excite before Newcastle flagged and Arsenal signalled their top-four credentials by blowing the visitors away. }}

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

* T. Moore

as loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast

To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.

to flag the wings

(Prior)

To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.

* Echard

Nothing so flags the spirits.

Etymology 3

Of uncertain origin; compare Danish .

Noun

(en noun)

Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus .

* before 1899 , Robert Seymour Bridges, There is a Hill :

And laden barges float

By banks of myosote;

And scented flag and golden flower-de-lys

Delay the loitering boat.

Derived terms

* sweet flag

Etymology 4

Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Icelandic flag

Noun

(en noun)

A slice of turf; a sod.

A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.

(geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

Verb

(flagg)

To lay down flagstones.

* Fred is planning to flag his patio this weekend.

Etymology 5

Noun

(en noun)

A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.

A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.

The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.

(music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value

References

1000 English basic words ----

note

English

(Webster 1913)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) note, . Related to (l).

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) * (l) (Shetland)

Noun

(en-noun)

Use; employment.

* 1701 , Halliwell:

But thefte serveth of wykked note , Hyt hangeth hys mayster by the throte.

* 1912 , J. Jakobsen, Etymol. Ordbog Norrøne Sprog Shetland :

Der 'r nae not' in it; hit is nae ' not .

(uncountable) Utility; profit; advantage; foredeal; benefit; pains.

* 1838 , William Marriott, William Marriott (Ph. Dr.), A collection of English miracle-plays or mysteries'' (''The Deluge ):

And have thou that for thy note !

(countable) Affair, matter, concern.

* 1566 , John Martial, A Replie to M. Calfhills Blasphemous Answer

He sayeth: It is the peculiar note of Gods servates, not to bow their knee to Baal.

(countable) Business; undertaking; task, duty; purpose.

* 1811 , Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, George Darley, The works of Beaumont and Fletcher: Volume 2 :

The chief note of a scholar, you say, is to govern his passions; wherefore I do take all patiently.

* 1897 , Halifax Courier:

Tha'll keep me at this noit' all day... Om always at this ' noit .

* 1911 , Homiletic review: Volume 62:

It is the peculiar note of this ministry that it stands in the will of Christ, which the minister knows, to which he is consecrated, and which he illustrates in his own character.

The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow gives milk; the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.

* 1888 , S. O. Addy Gloss, ''Words Sheffield p160 :

A cow is said to be in note when she is in milk.

* 1922 , P. MacGill, Lanty Hanlon p11 :

A man who drank spring water when his one cow was near note .

* 1996 , C. I. Macafee Conc., Ulster Dict. at Note :

Be at her note', be near '''note''', come forward to her ' note , of a cow or sow, be near the time for calving or farrowing.

Derived terms

* notable * noteful * noteless

Etymology 2

From (etyl) noten, notien, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) * (l) (Shetland)

Verb

(not)

To use; make use of; employ.

* 1553', Gawin Douglas (translator), ''Eneados'' (original by ), reprinted in '''1710 as ''Virgil’s Æneis, Tran?ated into Scottish Ver?e, by the Famous Gawin Douglas Bi?hop of Dunkeld :

He would note it.

To use for food; eat.

* 1808 , Jameson:

He notes very little.

Derived terms

* benote

References

* * * note, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Volume 2, Halliwell, 1860.

Etymology 3

From (etyl) note, from (etyl) not, .

Noun

(label) A symbol or annotation.

# A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.

#* (Richard Hooker) (1554-1600)

Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the church, they have also the notes of external profession.

#* (John Henry Newman) (1801-1890)

She [the Anglican church] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles, the note of life — a tough life and a vigorous.

#* (w) (1851-1920)

What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all!

#* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=20 citation , passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.}}

# A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.

# A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.

(label) A written or printed communication or commitment.

# A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.

# A short informal letter; a billet.

# A diplomatic missive or written communication.

# (label) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note'; a '''note''' of hand; a negotiable ' note .

# (label) A list of items or of charges; an account.

#* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

Here is now the smith's note for shoeing.

# A piece of paper money; a banknote.

# (label) A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.

A sound.

# A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.

# A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.

#* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

The wakeful birdtunes her nocturnal note .

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.}}

#* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./4/2

, passage=As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note .}}

# (label) A key of the piano or organ.

(label) Observation; notice; heed.

* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

small matterscontinually in use and in note

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

Give orders to my servants that they take / No note at all of our being absent hence.

(label) Reputation; distinction.

(label) Notification; information; intelligence.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

The kingshall have note of this.

(label) Stigma; brand; reproach.

(Shakespeare)

Derived terms

{{der3, , , after-note , banknote/bank note , bass note , blue note , bread-and-butter note , briefing note , brown note , c note/c-note , collateral note , credit note , crib note , demand note , discount note , eighth note , Euro-note , flip-flop note , footnote , g note/g-note , grace note , half note , keep note , leading note , liner notes , mash note , medium-term note , mental note , mortgage note , municipal note , musical note , nickel note , notemaker , notemaking , note of hand , note pad/notepad , note paper , note payable , note to self , note value , note verbale , of note , one-note , passing note , pedal note , post-it note , promissory note , quarter note , secured note , senior note , shape note , shipping note , side note , sticky note , strike a note , structured note , suicide note , super-note , take note , thirty-second note , time note , treasury note , whole note , wood note/wood-note , zero-coupon note}}

Verb

(not)

To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.

To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.

To denote; to designate.

To annotate.

To set down in musical characters.

To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.

Derived terms

* note down

Etymology 4

Inflected and variant forms.

Verb

(head)

(obsolete)

* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.3:

Etymology 5

From (etyl).

Verb

(not)

To butt; to push with the horns.

(Webster 1913)

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Flag vs Note - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between flag and note

As a verb flag

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