Tag vs Mark - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between tag and mark

is that tag is a small label while mark is Boundary, land within a boundary.
As verbs the difference between tag and mark
is that tag is to label (something) while mark is to put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.

As a proper noun Mark is
a given name derived from Latin.
As an abbreviation Mark is
abbreviation of Markarian|lang=en.

tag
English
(wikipedia tag)
Etymology 1

Noun
(en noun)
A small label.

A game played by two or more children in which one child (known as "it") attempts to catch one of the others, who then becomes "it".

A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.

A type of cardboard.

Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the person who makes the graffiti.

A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.

An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said").

(chiefly, US) a vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).

(baseball) An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.

The tag was applied at second for the final out.

(computing) A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.

The </code> <strong>tag </strong> provides a title for the Web page. </em> </dd></dl> <dl><dd><em>The <code><sarcasm></code> <strong>tag </strong> conveys sarcasm in Internet slang. </em> </dd></dl> <li> (computing) A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content. </li> <dl><dd><em>I want to add genre and artist <strong>tags </strong> to the files in my music collection. </em> </dd></dl> <li> Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely. </li> <li> A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it. </li> <li> The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue. </li> <li> Something mean and paltry; the rabble. </li> <li> A sheep in its first year. </li> <dl><dd>(<i>Halliwell</i>) </dd></dl> <li> (<i>lb</i>) Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins. </li> </div><div class='fourth-Verb'><h4>Verb</h4> (<i>tagg</i>) <li> To label (something). </li> <li> (graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag. </li> <li> To remove dung tags from a sheep. </li> <dl><dd><em>Regularly <strong>tag </strong> the rear ends of your sheep. </em> </dd></dl> <li> (transitive, baseball, colloquial) To hit the ball hard. </li> <dl><dd><em>He really <strong>tagged </strong> that ball. </em> </dd></dl> <li> (baseball) To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand. </li> <dl><dd><em>He <strong>tagged </strong> the runner for the out. </em> </dd></dl> <li> (computing) To mark with a tag (metadata for classification). </li> <dl><dd><em>I am <strong>tagging </strong> my music files by artist and genre. </em> </dd></dl> <li> To follow closely, accompany, tag along. </li> <li>* <strong>1906 </strong>, O. Henry, <em> </em> </li> <dl><dd><i>A tall young man came striding through the park along the path near which she sat. Behind him <strong>tagged </strong> a boy carrying a suit-case. </i></dd></dl> <li> To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag). </li> <li> To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags. </li> <li>* Macaulay </li> <dl><dd><i>He learned to make long-<strong>tagged </strong> thread laces. </i></dd></dl> <li>* Dryden </li> <dl><dd><i>His courteous host / <strong>Tags </strong> every sentence with some fawning word. </i></dd></dl> <li> To fasten; to attach. </li> <dl><dd>(<i>Bolingbroke</i>) </dd></dl> </div><div class='fifth-Derived terms'><h5>Derived terms</h5> * tag along * tag cloud * tag end * ! * tag out * phone tag * telephone tag </div><div class='third-Etymology 2'><h3>Etymology 2</h3> From (<i>etyl</i>) . </div><div class='fourth-Noun'><h4>Noun</h4> (<i>tagin</i>) <li> A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls. </li> </div><div class='third-Anagrams'><h3>Anagrams</h3> * ---- </div></cite></div><div class='definition' style='width:43%;max-width:43%;float:left;text-align:left;'><cite tite="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mark"><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mark"><h1> mark </h1></a><div class='second-English'><h2>English</h2> (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mark">wikipedia mark</a></i>) </div><div class='third-Alternative forms'><h3>Alternative forms</h3> * marke (<i>obsolete</i>) * merk (<i>obsolete</i>) </div><div class='third-Etymology 1'><h3>Etymology 1</h3> From (<i>etyl</i>) mark, merk, merke, from (<i>etyl</i>) . Compare march. </div><div class='fourth-Noun'><h4>Noun</h4> (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#noun">en noun</a></i>) <li>(<i>label</i>) <em>Boundary, land within a boundary. </em> </li> <li>#(obsolete) A boundary; a border or frontier. </li> <li>#(obsolete) A boundary-post or fence. </li> <li>#A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers. </li> <li>#*<strong>1859 </strong>, Henry Bull, <em>A history, military and municipal, of the ancient borough of the Devizes </em>: </li> <li>#*:I do remember a great thron in Yatton field near Bristow-way, against which Sir William Waller's men made a great fire and killed it. I think the stump remains, and was a <strong>mark </strong> for travellers. </li> <li>#(archaic) A type of small region or principality. </li> <li>#*<strong>1954 </strong>, J R R Tolkien, <em>The Two Towers </em>: </li> <li>#*:There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the <strong>Mark </strong> of Rohan. </li> <li>#(historical) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples. </li> <li>(<i>label</i>) <em>Characteristic, sign, visible impression. </em> </li> <li>#An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something. </li> <li>#*<strong>1813 </strong>, Jane Austen, <em>Pride And Prejudice </em>: </li> <li>#*:depend upon it, you will speedily receive from me a letter of thanks for this as well as for every other <strong>mark </strong> of your regard during my stay in Hertfordshire. </li> <li>#A characteristic feature. </li> <li>#:<em>A good sense of manners is the <strong>mark </strong> of a true gentleman. </em> </li> <li>#*<strong>1643 </strong>, Sir Thomas Browne, <em>Religio Medici </em>: </li> <li>#*:there is surely a physiognomy, which those experienced and master mendicants observe, whereby they instantly discover a merciful aspect, and will single out a face, wherein they spy the signatures and <strong>marks </strong> of mercy. </li> <li>#A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional. </li> <li>#*<strong>1897 </strong>, Bram Stoker, <em>Dracula </em>: </li> <li>#*:Then she put before her face her poor crushed hands, which bore on their whiteness the red <strong>mark </strong> of the Count's terrible grip. </li> <li>#A sign or brand on a person. </li> <li>#*, III.iv.2.6: </li> <li>#*:Doubt not of thine election, it is an immutable decree; a <strong>mark </strong> never to be defaced: you have been otherwise, you may and shall be. </li> <li>#A written character or sign. </li> <li>#:<em>The font wasn't able to render all the diacritical <strong>marks </strong> properly. </em> </li> <li>#A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc. </li> <li>#:<em>With eggs, you need to check for the quality <strong>mark </strong> before you buy. </em> </li> <li>#*Knight </li> <li>#*:The <strong>mark </strong> of the artisan is found upon the most ancient fabrics that have come to light. </li> <li>#(obsolete) Resemblance, likeness, image. </li> <li>#*<strong>c.1380 </strong>, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, <em>Canterbury Tales </em>: </li> <li>#*:Which mankynde is so fair part of thy werk / That thou it madest lyk to thyn owene <strong>merk </strong>. </li> <li>#A particular design or make of an item (<i>now usually with following numeral</i>). </li> <li>#:<em>Presentingmy patented travelator, <strong>mark </strong> two. </em> </li> <li>#A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such point gained as out of a possible total. </li> <li>#:<em>What <strong>mark </strong> did you get in your history test? </em> </li> <li>(<i>label</i>) <em>Indicator of position, objective etc. </em> </li> <li>#A target for shooting at with a projectile. </li> <li>#*, II.1: </li> <li>#*:A skilfull archer ought first to know the <strong>marke </strong> he aimeth at, and then apply his hand, his bow, his string, his arrow and his motion accordingly. </li> <li>#*<strong>1786 </strong>, Francis Grose, <em>A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons </em>, p.37: </li> <li>#*:To give them an accurate eye and strength of arm, none under twenty-four years of age might shoot at any standing <strong>mark<em>', except it was for a rover, and then he was to change his '''mark''' at every shot; and no person above that age might shoot at any ' </em>mark </strong> whose distance was less than eleven score yards. </li> <li>#An indication or sign used for reference or measurement. </li> <li>#:<em>I filled the bottle up to the 500ml <strong>mark </strong>. </em> </li> <li>#The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game. </li> <li>#(obsolete) The female genitals. </li> <li>#*<strong>1596 </strong>, William Shakespeare, <em>Love's Labours Lost </em>, I.4: </li> <li>#*:A <strong>mark<em>' saies my Lady. Let the ' </em>mark </strong> haue a prick in't, to meate at, if it may be. </li> <li>#*<strong>1749 </strong>, John Cleland, <em>Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure </em>, Penguin, 1985, p.68: </li> <li>#*:her thighs were still spread, and the <strong>mark </strong> lay fair for him, who, now kneeling between them, displayed to us a side-view of that fierce erect machine of his. </li> <li>#(Australian rules football) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick. </li> <li>#(sports) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point. </li> <li>#A score for a sporting achievement. </li> <li># </li> <li>#*<strong>1871 </strong>, Chicago Board of Education, <em>Annual Report </em> (vol.17, p.102) </li> <li>#*:A <strong>mark </strong> for tardiness or for absence is considered by most pupils a disgrace, and strenuous efforts are made to avoid such a mark. </li> <li>#(cooking) A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures. </li> <li>#:<em>Now put the pastry in at 450 degrees, or <strong>mark </strong> 8. </em> </li> <li>#Limit or standard of action or fact. </li> <li>#:<em>to be within the <strong>mark'''; to come up to the '''mark </em> </strong> </li> <li>#Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station. </li> <li>#*Shakespeare </li> <li>#*:In the official <strong>marks </strong> invested, you / Anon do meet the Senate. </li> <li>#(archaic) Preeminence; high position. </li> <li>#:<em>patricians of <strong>mark'''; a fellow of no '''mark </em> </strong> </li> <li>#(logic) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential. </li> <li>#(nautical) One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".) </li> <li>(<i>label</i>) <em>Attention. </em> </li> <li>#(archaic) Attention, notice. </li> <li>#:<em>His last comment is particularly worthy of <strong>mark </strong>. </em> </li> <li>#Importance, noteworthiness. </li> <li>#*<strong>1909 </strong>, Richard Burton, <em>Masters of the English Novel </em>: </li> <li>#*:in the short story of western flavor he was a pioneer of <strong>mark </strong>, the founder of a genre: probably no other writer is so significant in his field. </li> <li>#(obsolete) Regard; respect. </li> <li>#*Shakespeare </li> <li>#*:as much in mock as <strong>mark </strong> </li> </div><div class='fifth-Synonyms'><h5>Synonyms</h5> (<i>a particular design or make</i>) * Mk (<i>abbreviation</i>) * (<i>abbreviation</i>) </div><div class='fifth-Derived terms'><h5>Derived terms</h5> * beauty mark * bench-mark/benchmark * birthmark * black mark * bookmark * certification mark * chatter mark * check mark * chop mark * cue mark * diacritical mark * exclamation mark * full marks * funnel mark * gas mark * hash mark * high-water mark * laundry mark * leave one's mark * make one's mark * markstone * miss the mark * off the mark * on your marks * Plimsoll mark * punctuation mark * question mark * quotation mark * reference mark * remark * ripple mark * scuff mark * sea mark * service mark * strawberry mark * stress mark * stretch mark * tempo mark * touchmark / touch-mark * trade mark / trade-mark / trademark * vaccination mark * wide of the mark </div><div class='fourth-Verb'><h4>Verb</h4> (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#verb">en verb</a></i>) <li> To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark. </li> <dl><dd><em>to <strong>mark </strong> a box or bale of merchandise </em> </dd></dl> <dl><dd><em>to <strong>mark </strong> clothing with one's name </em> </dd></dl> <li> To indicate in some way for later reference. </li> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <dl><dd><em>This monument <strong>marks </strong> the spot where Wolfe died. </em> </dd></dl> <dl><dd><em>His courage and energy <strong>marked </strong> him as a leader. </em> </dd></dl> <li> To take note of. </li> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <li>* Bible, Psalms xxxvii. 37 </li> <dl><dd><i><strong>Mark </strong> the perfect man. </i></dd></dl> <li> To blemish, scratch, or stain. </li> <dl><dd><em>See where this pencil has <strong>marked </strong> the paper. </em> </dd></dl> <li>* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(<i>Joseph Stiglitz</i>) </li> , volume=188, issue=26, page=19, magazine=(<i>The Guardian Weekly</i>) , title= <q cite='http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/27/globalisation-is-about-taxes-too'>Globalisation is about taxes too</q> , passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that <strong>marks </strong> most advanced countries today […].}} <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <li> To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc. </li> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <li> To keep account of; to enumerate and register. </li> <dl><dd><em>to <strong>mark </strong> the points in a game of billiards or a card game </em> </dd></dl> <li> (Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick. </li> <li> (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily. </li> <li> (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball. </li> </div><div class='fifth-Synonyms'><h5>Synonyms</h5> * (<i>indicate correctness and give score</i>) (<i>l</i>), (<i>l</i>) </div><div class='fifth-Derived terms'><h5>Derived terms</h5> (<i>Terms derived from the verb "mark"</i>) * man-mark * mark-down * mark down * marked * marker * marking * mark my words * mark off * mark out * mark time * mark up * mark-up * press-mark * unmarked * X marks the spot </div><div class='third-Etymology 2'><h3>Etymology 2</h3> From (<i>etyl</i>) mark, from (<i>etyl</i>) . </div><div class='fourth-Noun'><h4>Noun</h4> (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#noun">en noun</a></i>) <li> A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz. </li> <li>* <strong>1997 </strong>, Bernard Scudder, translating ‘Egil's Saga’, in <em>The Sagas of Icelanders </em>, Penguin 2001, p. 91: </li> <dl><dd><i>As a reward for his poetry, Athelstan gave Egil two more gold rings weighing a <strong>mark </strong> each, along with an expensive cloak that the king himself had worn. </i></dd></dl> <li> An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one <strong>mark </strong> weight of silver), equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence. </li> <li>* <strong>2011 </strong>, Thomas Penn, <em>Winter King </em>, Penguin 2012, p. 167: </li> <dl><dd><i>He had been made a royal counsellor, drawing a substantial annual salary of a hundred <strong>marks </strong>. </i></dd></dl> <li> Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and 2002, equal to 100 pfennigs. </li> <li> A <strong>mark </strong> coin. </li> </div><div class='fifth-Synonyms'><h5>Synonyms</h5> * (<i>German currency</i>) (<i>l</i>), (<i>l</i>), (<i>l</i>) </div><div class='fourth-See also'><h4>See also</h4> * convertible mark * Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark * markka * Reichsmark </div><div class='third-Etymology 3'><h3>Etymology 3</h3> </div><div class='fourth-Verb'><h4>Verb</h4> (<i>head</i>) <li> (imperative, marching) (<em>said to be easier to pronounce while giving a command </em>). </li> <dl><dd><em>Mark time, <strong>mark </strong>! </em> </dd></dl> <dl><dd><em>Forward, <strong>mark </strong>! </em> </dd></dl> </div><div class='third-Statistics'><h3>Statistics</h3> * </div><div class='third-Anagrams'><h3>Anagrams</h3> * <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English terms with multiple etymologies">English terms with multiple etymologies</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:1000_basic_English_words">1000 English basic words</a> ---- </div></cite></div></div></div></div> </section>  </div>  <footer id="footer-block"> <div class="region region-footer"> <div id="block-block-23" class="block block-block"> <div class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons"></div> </div><div id="block-block-2" class="block block-block"><div align="center"> <p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"><img src="https://wikidiff.com/static/CC_88x31.webp" width="88px" height="31px" border="0" alt="Creative Commons by-sa 3.0"/></a> Text is available under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License;</a> additional terms may apply.<br/> <br/> See <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use">Wiktionary Terms of Use</a> for details.</p> </div> </div><div id="block-block-20" class="block block-block"><div align="center"><a href="/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a> | <a href="/about-us">About Us</a> | <a href="/contact/contact_us">Contact Us</a></div></div></div> </footer></body> </html>

Tag vs Mark - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between tag and mark

As verbs the difference between tag and mark

As a proper noun Mark is

As an abbreviation Mark is

tag

English

Etymology 1

Noun