Tag vs Smack - What's the difference?

As an abbreviation tag

is .

As a noun smack is

a distinct flavor or smack can be a small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a or smack can be a sharp blow; a slap see also: spank .

As a verb smack is

to indicate or suggest something or smack can be to slap someone, or to make a smacking sound.

As an adverb smack is

as if with a smack or slap.

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/smack"><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/smack"><h1> smack </h1></a><div class='second-English'><h2>English</h2> </div><div class='third-Etymology 1'><h3>Etymology 1</h3> From (<i>etyl</i>) smac, smak, smacke, from (<i>etyl</i>) . More at smake, smatch. </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 distinct flavor. </li> <li> A slight trace of something; a smattering. </li> <li>* <strong>1883 </strong>, </em> </li> <dl><dd><i>He was not sailorly, and yet he had a <strong>smack </strong> of the sea about him too. </i></dd></dl> <li> (slang) Heroin. </li> </div><div class='fifth-Derived terms'><h5>Derived terms</h5> * (<i>l</i>) </div><div class='fourth-Verb'><h4>Verb</h4> (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#verb">en verb</a></i>) <li> To indicate or suggest something. </li> <dl><dd><em>Her reckless behavior <strong>smacks </strong> of pride. </em> </dd></dl> <li>* Shakespeare </li> <dl><dd><i>All sects, all ages, <strong>smack </strong> of this vice. </i></dd></dl> <li> To have a particular taste. </li> </div><div class='fifth-Derived terms'><h5>Derived terms</h5> * smack of </div><div class='third-Etymology 2'><h3>Etymology 2</h3> From (<i>etyl</i>) smack (Low German . </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 small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a . </li> </div><div class='third-Etymology 3'><h3>Etymology 3</h3> From or akin to (<i>etyl</i>) ). </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 sharp blow; a slap. <em>See also: spank. </em> </li> <li> A loud kiss. </li> <li>* Shakespeare </li> <dl><dd><i>a clamorous <strong>smack </strong> </i></dd></dl> <li> A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip. </li> </div><div class='fourth-Verb'><h4>Verb</h4> (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#verb">en verb</a></i>) <li> To slap someone, or to make a smacking sound. </li> <li>* (<i>Benjamin Disraeli</i>) </li> <dl><dd><i>A horse neighed, and a whip <strong>smacked </strong>, there was a whistle, and the sound of a cart wheel. </i></dd></dl> <li> (New Zealand) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (US spank) </li> <li> To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat. </li> <li>* <strong>1763 </strong>, Robert Lloyd, “A Familiar Epistle” in <em>St. James Magazine </em>: </li> <dl><dd><i>But when, obedient to the mode / Of panegyric, courtly ode / The bard bestrides, his annual hack, / In vain I taste, and sip and <strong>smack </strong>, / I find no flavour of the Sack. </i></dd></dl> <li> To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate. </li> </div><div class='fourth-Adverb'><h4>Adverb</h4> (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#adverb">en adverb</a></i>) <li> As if with a smack or slap </li> <dl><dd><em>Right <strong>smack </strong> bang in the middle. </em> </dd></dl> </div><div class='fifth-Derived terms'><h5>Derived terms</h5> * smack-dab </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>