Tag vs Pull - What's the difference?

tag | pull |

As an abbreviation tag

is .

As a verb pull is

to apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.

As a noun pull is

an act of pulling (applying force).

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/pull"><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pull"><h1> pull </h1></a><div class='second-English'><h2>English</h2> </div><div class='third-Verb'><h3>Verb</h3> (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#verb">en verb</a></i>) <li> to apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force </li> <li>* Bible, Genesis viii. 9 </li> <dl><dd><i>He put forth his hand and <strong>pulled </strong> her in. </i></dd></dl> <li>* Shakespeare </li> <dl><dd><i>Ne'er <strong>pull </strong> your hat upon your brows. </i></dd></dl> <li> To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck. </li> <dl><dd><em>to <strong>pull''' fruit from a tree; to '''pull''' flax; to '''pull </strong> a finch </em> </dd></dl> <li> to apply a force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force </li> <dl><dd><em>You're going to have to <strong>pull </strong> harder to get that cork out of the bottle. </em> </dd></dl> <li> To attract or net; to pull in. </li> <li>* Marcella Ridlen Ray, <em>Changing and Unchanging Face of United States Civil Society </em> </li> <dl><dd><i>Television, a favored source of news and information, <strong>pulls </strong> the largest share of advertising monies. </i></dd></dl> <li> To draw apart; to tear; to rend. </li> <li>* Bible, Lam. iii. 11 </li> <dl><dd><i>He hath turned aside my ways, and <strong>pulled </strong> me in pieces; he hath made me desolate. </i></dd></dl> <li> (ambitransitive, UK, Ireland, slang) to persuade (someone) to have sex with one </li> <dl><dd><em>I <strong>pulled </strong> at the club last night. </em> </dd></dl> <dl><dd><em>He's pulled that bird over there. </em> </dd></dl> <li> to remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability </li> <dl><dd><em>Each day, they pulled the old bread and set out fresh loaves. </em> </dd></dl> <li> (informal) to do or perform </li> <dl><dd><em>He regularly <strong>pulls </strong> 12-hour days, sometimes 14. </em> </dd></dl> <dl><dd><em>You'll be sent home if you <strong>pull </strong> another stunt like that. </em> </dd></dl> <li> to retrieve or generate for use </li> <dl><dd><em>I'll have to <strong>pull </strong> a part number for that. </em> </dd></dl> <li>* <strong>2006 </strong>, Michael Bellomo, Joel Elad, <em>How to Sell Anything on Amazon...and Make a Fortune! </em> </li> <dl><dd><i>They'll go through their computer system and <strong>pull </strong> a report of all your order fulfillment records for the time period you specify. </i></dd></dl> <li> to toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field </li> <li> to row </li> <li>* <strong>1874 </strong>, (<i>Marcus Clarke</i>), (<i>For the Term of His Natural Life</i>) Chapter VI </li> <dl><dd><i>It had been a sort of race hitherto, and the rowers, with set teeth and compressed lips, had <strong>pulled </strong> stroke for stroke. </i></dd></dl> <li> To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.). </li> <li> (video games, ambitransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target. </li> <li>* <strong>2003 </strong> April 9, "Richard Lawson" (username), " <q cite='http://groups.google.com/group/alt.games.everquest/msg/ef966301acc57674'>Monual's Willful Ignorance</q>", in <tt>alt.games.everquest</tt>, Usenet: </li> <dl><dd><i>…we had to clear a long hallway, run up half way, <strong>pull </strong> the boss mob to us, and engage. </i></dd></dl> <li>* <strong>2004 </strong> October 18, "Stush" (username), " <q cite='http://groups.google.com/group/alt.games.dark-age-of-camelot/msg/15cb6d42a08013c0'>Re: focus pull</q>", in <tt>alt.games.dark-age-of-camelot</tt>, Usenet: </li> <dl><dd><i>Basically buff pet, have it <strong>pull </strong> lots of mobs, shield pet, chain heal pet, have your aoe casters finish off hurt mobs once pet gets good aggro. </i></dd></dl> <li>* <strong>2005 </strong> August 2, "Brian" (username), " <q cite='http://groups.google.com/group/alt.games.warcraft/msg/1806eabe4cf56d24'>Re: How to tank Stratholme undead pulls?</q>", in <tt>alt.games.warcraft</tt>, Usenet: </li> <dl><dd><i>This is the only thing that should get you to break off from your position, is to <strong>pull </strong> something off the healer. </i></dd></dl> <li>* <strong>2007 </strong> April 10, "John Salerno" (username), " <q cite='http://groups.google.com/group/alt.games.warcraft/msg/d17abeaedce0ebc0'>Re: Managing the Command Buttons</q>", in <tt>alt.games.warcraft</tt>, Usenet: </li> <dl><dd><i>You could also set a fire trap, <strong>pull </strong> the mob toward it, then send in your pet…. </i></dd></dl> <li>* <strong>2008 </strong> August 18, "Mark (newsgroups)" (username), " <q cite='http://groups.google.com/group/alt.games.warcraft/msg/72486e99a34604b5'>Re: I'm a priest now!</q>", in <tt>alt.games.warcraft</tt>, Usenet: </li> <dl><dd><i>Shield yourself, <strong>pull<em>' with Mind Blast if you want, or merely ' </em>pull </strong> with SW:P to save mana, then wand, fear if you need to, but use the lowest rank fear. </i></dd></dl> <li> to score a certain amount of points in a sport. </li> <li>* <em>How many points did you <strong>pull </strong> today, Albert? </em> </li> <li> (horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning. </li> <dl><dd><em>The favourite was <strong>pulled </strong>. </em> </dd></dl> <li> (printing, dated) To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever. </li> <li> (cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.) </li> <li>* R. H. Lyttelton </li> <dl><dd><i>Never <strong>pull </strong> a straight fast ball to leg. </i></dd></dl> <li> (UK, slang) To pour beer from a pump, keg, or other source. </li> <dl><dd><em>Let's stop at Finnigan's. The barkeep ''pulls'' a good pint. </em> </dd></dl> </div><div class='fourth-Synonyms'><h4>Synonyms</h4> * drag, tow, tug, yank * score * (<i>to remove from circulation</i>) recall, withdraw, yank * (<i>sense</i>) carry out, complete, do, execute, perform * (<i>to retrieve or generate for use</i>) generate, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, lay one's hands on, obtain, retrieve * score </div><div class='fourth-Antonyms'><h4>Antonyms</h4> * push, repel, shove </div><div class='fourth-Derived terms'><h4>Derived terms</h4> <em>See also </em> <strong>pulling </strong> * it's not the whistle that pulls the train * overpull * pull a... * pull about * pull a face * pull a fast one * pull ahead * pull away * pull back * pull down * pull for  * pull in * pulling * pull in one's horns * pull off * pull oneself together * pull one's weight * pull out * pull out all the stops * pull out of the fire * pull over  * pull-quote * pull rank * pull round * pull somebody's leg * pull the other one * * pull the wool over someone's eyes * pull through * pull together * pull up  </div><div class='third-Noun'><h3>Noun</h3> (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#noun">en noun</a></i>) <li> An act of pulling (applying force) </li> <dl><dd><em>He gave the hair a sharp <strong>pull </strong> and it came out. </em> </dd></dl> <li>* Jonathan Swift </li> <dl><dd><i>I awakened with a violent <strong>pull </strong> upon the ring which was fastened at the top of my box. </i></dd></dl> <li> An attractive force which causes motion towards the source </li> <dl><dd><em>The spaceship came under the <strong>pull </strong> of the gas giant. </em> </dd></dl> <dl><dd><em>iron fillings drawn by the <strong>pull </strong> of a magnet </em> </dd></dl> <dl><dd><em>She took a <strong>pull </strong> on her cigarette. </em> </dd></dl> <li> Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope </li> <dl><dd><em>a zipper <strong>pull </em> </strong> </dd></dl> <li> (slang, dated) Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing. </li> <dl><dd><em>In weights the favourite had the <strong>pull </strong>. </em> </dd></dl> <li> Appeal or attraction (as of a movie star) </li> <li> (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in <em>server pull'', ''pull technology </em> </li> <li> A journey made by rowing </li> <li>* <strong>1874 </strong>, (<i>Marcus Clarke</i>), (<i>For the Term of His Natural Life</i>) Chapter V </li> <dl><dd><i>As Blunt had said, the burning ship lay a good twelve miles from the Malabar, and the <strong>pull </strong> was a long and a weary one. Once fairly away from the protecting sides of the vessel that had borne them thus far on their dismal journey, the adventurers seemed to have come into a new atmosphere. </i></dd></dl> <li> (dated) A contest; a struggle. </li> <dl><dd><em>a wrestling <strong>pull </em> </strong> </dd></dl> <dl><dd>(<i>Carew</i>) </dd></dl> <li> (obsolete, poetic) Loss or violence suffered. </li> <li>* Shakespeare </li> <dl><dd><i>Two <strong>pulls </strong> at once; / His lady banished, and a limb lopped off. </i></dd></dl> <li> (slang) The act of drinking. </li> <dl><dd><em>to take a pull at a mug of beer </em> </dd></dl> <dl><dd>(<i>Charles Dickens</i>) </dd></dl> <li> (cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side. </li> <li>* R. A. Proctor </li> <dl><dd><i>The <strong>pull </strong> is not a legitimate stroke, but bad cricket. </i></dd></dl> </div><div class='fourth-Synonyms'><h4>Synonyms</h4> * (<i>act of pulling</i>) tug, yank * (<i>attractive force</i>) attraction * (<i>device meant to be pulled</i>) handle, knob, lever, rope * (<i>influence</i>) influence, sway </div><div class='fourth-Antonyms'><h4>Antonyms</h4> * (<i>act of pulling</i>) push, shove * (<i>attractive force</i>) repulsion * (<i>device meant to be pulled</i>) button, push, push button * (<i>influence</i>) </div><div class='fourth-Derived terms'><h4>Derived terms</h4> * on the pull * pull cord * ring-pull </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>