Scoring vs Jag - What's the difference?
scoring | jag | Related terms |
Of something or someone that scores.
The process of keeping score in a sport or contest.
The process of winning points in a sport or contest.
The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier to fold.
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.
Scoring is a related term of jag.
As an adjective scoring
is of something or someone that scores.As a noun scoring
is the process of keeping score in a sport or contest.As a verb scoring
is .As an acronym jag is
(legal|military) judge advocate general.scoring
English
Adjective
- The highest scoring team will win the match.
Noun
(en noun)- The scoring of a tennis match is overseen by a single referee.
- Scoring a basket in basketball is worth two or three points.
Verb
(head)jag
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.’