Tallied vs Sallied - What's the difference?
tallied | sallied |
(tally)
(label) Used as a mild intensifier: very (almost exclusively used by the upper classes).
Target sighted.
Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number;
Later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.
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One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
* Dryden
A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
A tally shop.
To count something.
To record something by making marks.
To make things correspond or agree with each other.
* Alexander Pope
To keep score.
To correspond or agree.
* Addison
* Walpole
(nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
(sally)
A willow
Any tree that looks like a willow
An object made from the above trees' wood
A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
A sudden rushing forth.
(figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
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An excursion or side trip.
* John Locke
A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
To make a sudden attack on an enemy from a defended position.
To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth.")
To venture off the beaten path.
(New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.
As verbs the difference between tallied and sallied
is that tallied is (tally) while sallied is (sally).tallied
English
Verb
(head)tally
English
Etymology 1
.Adjective
(en adjective)- Up and over to victory! Tally ho!
Interjection
(en interjection)- ''(Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.”
- (Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tally .
Usage notes
In aviation radio usage, more common than original (m). In civilian aviation usage, the official term for “traffic sighted” is “traffic in sight”.Federal Aviation Administration:Pilot/Controller Glossary (P/CG)], [https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/pcg/T.HTM T(Traffic)
Synonyms
* (target sighted) (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) tallie, from (etyl)Noun
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- They were framed the tallies for each other.
Verb
- They are not so well tallied to the present juncture.
- I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel.
- Your idea tallies exactly with mine.
Etymology 3
References
sallied
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *sally
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) saly, from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(sallies)Derived terms
* sally rodEtymology 2
From (etyl) saillie, from sailli, the past participle of the verb saillir 'to leap forth', itself from (etyl) salire 'to leap'Noun
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- Everyone shall know a country better that makes often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down, than he that goes still round in the same track.
See also
* sally portVerb
(en-verb)- The troops sallied in desperation.
- As she sallied forth from her boudoir, you would never have guessed how quickly she could strip for action. -William Manchester
