Check vs Snag - What's the difference?

Check is a related term of snag.

As nouns the difference between check and snag

is that check is (chess) a situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece or check can be (textiles|usually|pluralized) a pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern while snag is a stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance or snag can be (uk|dialect|obsolete) a light meal or snag can be a misnaged, an opponent to chassidic judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).

As verbs the difference between check and snag

is that check is to inspect; to examine while snag is to catch or tear (eg fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.

check

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) eschec, from . All English senses developed from the chess sense.

Noun

(en noun)

(chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.

An inspection or examination.

I don't know if she will be there, but it's worth a check .

A control; a limit or stop.

checks and balances

The castle moat should hold the enemy in check .

* Addison

a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity

(US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK) .

Place a check by the things you have done.

(US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada) .

I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a check for the amount.

(US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.

I summoned the waiter, paid the check , and hurried to leave.

A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.

The hockey player gave a good hard check to obtain the puck.

A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.

* 1963 , American law reports annotated: second series (volume 89)

A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.

A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.

a check''' given for baggage; a return '''check on a railroad

(falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.

A small chink or crack.

Synonyms

* (note of monetary transfer) cheque * (indicator mark) tick (UK), checkmark, * (bill of sale) cheque (Canada)

Descendants

* German: * Spanish:

Verb

(en verb)

To inspect; to examine.

Check the oil in your car once a month.

Check whether this page has a watermark.

To mark with a checkmark.

Check the correct answer to each question.

To control, limit, or halt.

Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.

* Burke

so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression

* 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13

She was about to retort but something checked the words on her tongue.

To verify or compare with a source of information.

Check your data against known values.

To leave in safekeeping.

Check your hat and coat at the door.

To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.

Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.

To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.

He checked the ball and then proceeded to perform a perfect layup.

That basket doesn't count—you forgot to check !

To physically remove a person from play.

The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck .

(poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.

Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked .

(chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.

To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

* Shakespeare

The good king, his master, will check him for it.

(nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.

To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.

The sun checks timber.

To make a stop; to pause; with at .

* John Locke

The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after.

(obsolete) To clash or interfere.

(Francis Bacon)

To act as a curb or restraint.

* Dryden

It [his presence] checks too strong upon me.

(falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.

* Shakespeare

And like the haggard, check at every feather / That comes before his eye.

Derived terms

* check in * check into * check out * check over * check through * check up

Derived terms

* bad check * bed check * body check * bounce a check * cashier's check * check against * checkbook * check casher * checker * checkers * checkered * checking * checking account * check in * check into * checking account * check is in the mail * check a person out * check it out * checklist * checkmate * checkout * check out * check over * checkup * check up on * check valve * checks and balances * counter check * cross-check * discovered check * double check * double-check * hot check * kite a check * put in check * rain check * reality check * recheck * revealed check * shoulder check * stick check * teller's check * traveler's check * unch * unchecked

Etymology 2

By shortening from checker, from (etyl) scaccarium, ultimately from the same Persian root as above.

Noun

(en noun)

(textiles, usually, pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.

The tablecloth had red and white check s.

References

* * 'Check' at EtymOnline English terms derived from Persian ----

snag

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.

* Dryden

The coat of arms / Now on a naked snag in triumph borne.

Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.

A tooth projecting beyond the rest; a broken or decayed tooth.

(Prior)

A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.

(figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.

A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.

One of the secondary branches of an antler.

Synonyms

* (problem or difficulty) hitch

Derived terms

* snaggy * snaglike

Verb

(snagg)

To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.

Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!

(fishing) To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.

We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi river.

(slang) To obtain or pick up (something).

Ella snagged a bottle of water from the fridge before leaving for her jog.

(UK, dialect) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.

(Halliwell)

Etymology 2

Noun

(en noun)

(UK, dialect, obsolete) A light meal.

(Australia, informal, colloquial) A sausage.

* 2005 , Peter Docker, Someone Else?s Country , 2010, ReadHowYouWant, page 116,

I fire up the barbie and start cooking snags .

* 2007 , Jim Ford, Don't Worry, Be Happy: Beijing to Bombay with a Backpack , page 196,

‘You can get the chooks and snags from the fridge if you want,’ he replied.

I smiled, remembering my bewilderment upon receiving exactly the same command at my very first barbecue back in Sydney a month after I?d first arrived.

* 2010 , Fiona Wallace, Sense and Celebrity , page 25,

‘Hungry? We?ve got plenty of roo,’ one of the men said as she walked up. He pointed with his spatula, ‘and pig snags', cow ' snags , beef and chicken.’

Synonyms

* (sausage) banger (qualifier)

Etymology 3

Noun

(en noun)

A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).

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