Notch vs Jag - What's the difference?
notch | jag |
A V-shaped cut.
Such a cut, used for keeping a record
An indentation.
A mountain pass; a defile
(informal) A level or degree.
* 2014 , Daniel Taylor, "
To cut a notch in (something).
To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.
To join by means of notches.
To achieve (something).
*
A sharp projection.
* Holland
A part broken off; a fragment.
(botany) A cleft or division.
(Scotland) A medical injection.
To cut unevenly.
(Pittsburgh) To tease.
A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 88:
a one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
As a noun notch
is a v-shaped cut.As a verb notch
is to cut a notch in (something).As an acronym jag is
(legal|military) judge advocate general.notch
English
Noun
(es)- ''The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.
- ''This car is a notch better than the other.
World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark," guardian.co.uk , 20 June:
- A better team might also have done more to expose Uruguay’s occasionally brittle defence, but England’s speed of thought and movement in their attacking positions was a good notch or two down from the Italy game.
Derived terms
* notch on one's bedpost, notch on the bedpost * notchback * notchboard * top notchVerb
(es)- The tribe's hunters notch their kills by notches on each's axe's handle.
- The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday.
Derived terms
* notcher * notchyjag
English
Etymology 1
The noun is from late (etyl) jagge, the verb is from jaggen.Noun
(en noun)- garments thus beset with long jags
- (Bishop Hacket)
Derived terms
* (l)Verb
Etymology 2
Circa 1597; originally "load of broom or furze", variant of British English dialectal , of unknown origin.Noun
(en noun)- ‘People who spend their money for second-hand sex jags are as nervous as dowagers who can't find the rest-room.’