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Label vs Google - What's the difference?

label | google |

As verbs the difference between label and google

is that label is to put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something) while google is .

As a noun label

is a small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.

label

English

Alternative forms

* labell (non-standard)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
    • We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater.
    The label says this silk scarf should not be washed in the washing machine.
    Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two.
  • A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
    • Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".
  • A company that sells records.
    • The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.
  • (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
    • Storage devices can be given by label or ID.
  • (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
  • (heraldiccharge) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
  • (obsolete) A tassel.
    • (Huloet)
    (Fuller)
  • A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
  • A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
    • (Knight)
  • (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
  • In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
    • (Fairholt)

    Synonyms

    * (small ticket) sign, tag, ticket * (name given to something or someone) category, pigeonhole * (heraldry) lambel

    Derived terms

    * designer label

    Verb

  • To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
    • The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.
  • To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
    • He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.

    Synonyms

    * (put a ticket or sign on) tag, price * (give a label to in order to categorise) categorise, compartmentalise, pigeonhole

    References

    * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    google

    English

    (wikipedia google)

    Etymology 1

    From googly.

    Verb

    (googl)
  • (cricket) To deliver googlies.
  • (cricket) To move as a ball in a googly.

    • Etymology 2

    From Google.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An internet search, such as that which is performed on the Google search engine.
  • (Internet) A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.
    • The word "oceanfront" has 6,150,000 googles , so I think it must be a real word.
    Derived terms
    * googlebomb * googles * googlewhack * googlish
    Related terms
    * googol

    Verb

    (googl)
  • To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
    • Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.
  • (by extension) To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
    • I googled him but there were no references to him on the Internet.
  • (Internet) To be locatable in a search of the Internet.
    • His name googles .
    Quotations
    * {{quote-web , last = Page , first = Larry , authorlink = Larry Page , date = 1998-07-08 , url = http://web.archive.org/web/19991009052012/www.egroups.com/group/google-friends/3.html , title = Google Search Engine: New Features , publisher = Google Friends Mailing List , accessdate = 2007-08-06 , passage = "Have fun and keep googling !" }} * {{quote-video , date = 2002-10-15 , title = (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) , episode = , season = 7 , number = 4 , people = (Alyson Hannigan) and (Nicholas Brendon) , role = (Willow Rosenberg) and (Xander Harris) , passage = Willow'': Have you googled her yet?
    ''Xander'': Willow! She's 17!
    ''Willow     : It's a search engine. }} * {{quote-video , date = 2002-12-13 , title = (Maid In Manhattan) , people = (Jennifer Lopez) , role = Marisa , passage = "Google it." }} * {{quote-news , date = 2002-12-28 , first = Bill , last = Keller , authorlink = Bill Keller , url = http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/28/opinion/28KELL.html?pagewanted=2&todaysheadlines , title = Who's Sorry Now? , newspaper = (The New York Times) , issn = 0362-4331 , page = A-19 , accessdate = 2007-06-24 , passage = "Googling in search of an apology from the former Enron C.E.O...." }}

    See also

    * googlie, googly * madame linkmonger * JFGI

    External links

    * www.google.com

    Etymology 3

    Numeral

    (en noun)
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