Tag vs Taw - What's the difference?

As an abbreviation tag

is .

As a verb taw is

(obsolete) to prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge or taw can be to shoot a marble or taw can be to push; to tug; to tow.

As a noun taw is

(obsolete) tawed leather or taw can be a favorite marble in the game of marbles or taw can be the twenty-second and last letter of many semitic alphabets/abjads (phoenician, aramaic, hebrew, syriac, arabic and others).

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/taw"><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taw"><h1> taw </h1></a><div class='second-English'><h2>English</h2> </div><div class='third-Etymology 1'><h3>Etymology 1</h3> From (<i>etyl</i>) (<i>m</i>), from (<i>etyl</i>) . Related to (<i>l</i>) and (<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> (obsolete) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge. </li> <li> To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them. </li> <li> Specifically, to turn (animals’ hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution. </li> </div><div class='fifth-Related terms'><h5>Related terms</h5> * (<i>l</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> (obsolete) Tawed leather. </li> </div><div class='fourth-Derived terms'><h4>Derived terms</h4> * tawse </div><div class='third-Etymology 2'><h3>Etymology 2</h3> . </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 favorite marble in the game of marbles. </li> <li> A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles. </li> <li> ring-taw </li> <li> (square dancing) dance partner </li> <dl><dd><em>Walk around your corner, see-saw around your <strong>taw </strong>. </em> </dd></dl> <li> A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse. </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 shoot a marble </li> </div><div class='third-Etymology 3'><h3>Etymology 3</h3> </div><div class='fourth-Alternative forms'><h4>Alternative forms</h4> * tav * taf </div><div class='fourth-Noun'><h4>Noun</h4> (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#noun">en noun</a></i>) <li> The twenty-second and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). </li> </div><div class='fourth-External links'><h4>External links</h4> * (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/taw">wikipedia "taw"</a></i>) </div><div class='third-Etymology 4'><h3>Etymology 4</h3> Compare , and (<i>m</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 push; to tug; to tow. </li> <dl><dd>(<i>Drayton</i>) </dd></dl> (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Webster_1913">Webster 1913</a></i>) </div><div class='third-References'><h3>References</h3> * </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-18" class="block block-block"><div style="width: 100%; min-height: 50px !important; background-color:white; text-align: center; margin:0; padding:0;"> <div class="rb no-label"> <ul class="rb-buttons"> <li class="rb-facebook"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?s=100&p[url]=https://wikidiff.com/tag/taw" class="popup" target="_blank" alt="Share on Facebook"> <span class="rb-icon"></span><span class="sr-only">Share on Facebook</span> </a> </li> <li class="rb-twitter"> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Tag%20vs%20Taw%20-%20What%27s%20the%20difference%3F&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwikidiff.com%2Ftag%2Ftaw" class="popup" target="_blank" alt="Share on Twitter"> <span class="rb-icon"></span><span class="sr-only">Share on Twitter</span> </a> </li> <li class="rb-email"> <a href="mailto:?subject=Tag%20vs%20Taw%20-%20What%27s%20the%20difference%3F&body=Click%20here%20to%20find%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwikidiff.com%2Ftag%2Ftaw" alt="Share by email"> <span class="rb-icon"></span><span class="sr-only">Share by Email</span> </a> </li> <li class="rb-pinterest" target="_blank"> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwikidiff.com%2Ftag%2Ftaw&media=https://wikidiff.com/wikidiff_180x180.png" target="_blank" alt="Share on Pinterst"> <span class="rb-icon"></span><span class="sr-only">Share on Pinterest</span> </a> </li> <li class="rb-print"> <a href="javascript:window.print()" alt="Print"> <span class="rb-icon"></span><span class="sr-only">Print</span> </a> </li> <li class="rb-whatsapp" target="_blank" alt="Share on WhatsApp"> <a href="whatsapp://send?text=Tag%20vs%20Taw%20-%20What%27s%20the%20difference%3F%20https%3A%2F%2Fwikidiff.com%2Ftag%2Ftaw" data-action="share/whatsapp/share"> <span class="rb-icon"></span><span class="sr-only">Share on WhatsApp</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <br></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><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://wikidiff.com/static/wdnocrit.css?v=5" /> </body> </html>