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Tagged vs Ragged - What's the difference?

tagged | ragged |

As adjectives the difference between tagged and ragged

is that tagged is having a tag; labeled while ragged is rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.

As verbs the difference between tagged and ragged

is that tagged is past tense of tag while ragged is past tense of rag.

tagged

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a tag; labeled.
    • All the tagged''' items are on sale. The more '''tagged ones are marked down the most.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tag)
    • We tagged each item in the store.

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    ragged

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rag)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.
    • a ragged coat
    a ragged sail
  • Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged.
    • ragged rocks
  • Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.
  • * (rfdate) .
    • A ragged noise of mirth.
  • Wearing tattered clothes.
    • a ragged fellow
  • Rough; shaggy; rugged.
  • * (rfdate), .
    • What shepherd owns those ragged sheep?
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 19 , author=Paul fletcher , title=Blackpool 1-2 West Ham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Allardyce's side had led at the break through a Carlton Cole strike but after Thomas Ince - son of former Hammers midfielder Paul - levelled shortly after the restart, the match became increasingly stretched and ragged .}}

    Derived terms

    * ragged lady * raggedly * raggedness * ragged robin * ragged sailor * ragged school

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