Tag vs Grip - What's the difference?

As an abbreviation tag

is .

As a verb grip is

to take hold of, particularly with the hand.

As a noun grip is

a hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand or grip can be (dialectal) a small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain or grip can be (obsolete) the griffin.

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/grip"><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grip"><h1> grip </h1></a><div class='second-English'><h2>English</h2> </div><div class='third-Etymology 1'><h3>Etymology 1</h3> From (<i>etyl</i>) grippan, from a (<i>etyl</i>) , whence English gripe. See also (<i>l</i>). </div><div class='fourth-Verb'><h4>Verb</h4> (<i>gripp</i>) <li> To take hold of, particularly with the hand. </li> <li>* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(<i>Margery Allingham</i>), title=(<i>The China Governess</i>) </li> , chapter=19 <q cite='http://openlibrary.org/works/OL2004261W'>citation</q> , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him <strong>gripped </strong> firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}} <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <li> To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense. </li> <li>* <strong>1898 </strong>, , (<i>Moonfleet</i>) Chapter 4 </li> <dl><dd><i>By and by fumes of brandy began to fill the air, and climb to where I lay, overcoming the mouldy smell of decayed wood and the dampness of the green walls. It may have been that these fumes mounted to my head, and gave me courage not my own, but so it was that I lost something of the stifling fear that had <strong>gripped </strong> me, and could listen with more ease to what was going forward </i></dd></dl> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <li> To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief. </li> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <li> To trench; to drain. </li> </div><div class='third-Etymology 2'><h3>Etymology 2</h3> An amalgam of (<i>etyl</i>) (cognate with Swedish ''grepp </em>). </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 hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand. </li> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <li> A handle or other place to grip. </li> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <li> A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved. </li> <li> (<i>film production</i>) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set. </li> <li> A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway). </li> <li> A lot of something. </li> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <li> : Influenza, flu. </li> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <li> (archaic) A small travelling-bag. </li> <li> Assistance; help or encouragement. </li> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <li> A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person. </li> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <li> (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful. </li> <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <li> (figurative) A tenacious grasp; a holding fast. </li> <li>* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(<i>The Economist</i>) </li> , title= <q cite='http://www.economist.com/news/http://www.economist.com/news/business/21582001-army-new-online-courses-scaring-wits-out-traditional-universities-can-they'>The attack of the MOOCs</q> , passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its <strong>grip </strong>. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.}} <dl><dd> </dd></dl> <li> A device for grasping or holding fast to something. </li> </div><div class='fifth-Related terms'><h5>Related terms</h5> * come to grips * get to grips with * key grip * get a grip * gripper </div><div class='third-Etymology 3'><h3>Etymology 3</h3> From (<i>etyl</i>) grip, grippe, . </div><div class='fourth-Alternative forms'><h4>Alternative forms</h4> * </div><div class='fourth-Noun'><h4>Noun</h4> (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#noun">en noun</a></i>) <li> (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain. </li> <dl><dd>(<i>Ray</i>) </dd></dl> </div><div class='fifth-Derived terms'><h5>Derived terms</h5> * </div><div class='third-Etymology 4'><h3>Etymology 4</h3> (<i>etyl</i>) (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary<li>lena">lena</a></i>) grypus, gryphus. </li> </div><div class='fourth-Noun'><h4>Noun</h4> (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#noun">en noun</a></i>) <li> (obsolete) The griffin. </li> </div><div class='third-Anagrams'><h3>Anagrams</h3> * ---- </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>