The difference between Gig and Set
When used as nouns, gig means a performing engagement by a musical group, whereas set means a punch for setting nails in wood.
When used as verbs, gig means to fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear, whereas set means to put (something) down, to rest.
Set is also adjective with the meaning: fixed in position.
check bellow for the other definitions of Gig and Set
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Gig as a noun (informal, music):
A performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or role, especially for a musician or performer.
Examples:
"I caught one of the Rolling Stones' first gigs in Richmond''."
"Hey, when are we gonna get that hotel gig again?"
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Gig as a noun (informal, by extension):
Any job; especially one that is temporary; or alternately, one that is very desirable.
Examples:
"I had this gig as a file clerk but it wasn't my style so I left''."
"Hey, that guy's got a great gig over at the bike shop. He hardly works all day"
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Gig as a noun:
A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals.
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Gig as a noun (historical):
A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.
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Gig as a noun (South England):
A six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
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Gig as a noun (US, military):
A demerit received for some infraction of military dress or deportment codes.
Examples:
"I received gigs for having buttons undone."
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Gig as a verb:
To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
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Gig as a verb:
To engage in musical performances.
Examples:
"The Stones were gigging around Richmond at the time"
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Gig as a verb:
To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
Examples:
"His older cousin was just gigging him about being in love with that girl from school."
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Gig as a verb (US, military):
To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.
Examples:
"His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk."
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Gig as a noun (colloquial, computing):
A gigabyte.
Examples:
"This picture is almost a gig; don't you wanna resize it?"
"How much music does it hold?'' ''A hundred and twenty gigs."
"lb computing - ''My new computer has over 500 gigs of hard drive space."
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Gig as a noun (slang):
Any unit having the SI prefix giga-
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Gig as a noun:
A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
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Gig as a verb:
To engender.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dryden"
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To put (something) down, to rest.
Examples:
"'Set the [[tray]] there."
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
Examples:
"I have set my heart on running the marathon."
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
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Set as a verb (transitive, dated):
To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
Examples:
"to set a coach in the mud"
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To determine or settle.
Examples:
"to set the rent"
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To adjust.
Examples:
"I set the alarm at 6 a.m."
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
Examples:
"Please set the table for our guests."
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To introduce or describe.
Examples:
"I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene."
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
Examples:
"He says he will set his next film in France."
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
Examples:
"This crossword was set by Araucaria."
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To prepare (a stage or film set).
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To fit (someone) up in a situation.
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To arrange (type).
Examples:
"It was a complex page, but he set it quickly."
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To devise and assign (work) to.
Examples:
"The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot."
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Set as a verb (transitive, volleyball):
To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
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Set as a verb (intransitive):
To solidify.
Examples:
"The glue sets in four minutes."
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Set as a verb (transitive):
To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
Examples:
"to set milk for cheese"
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Set as a verb (intransitive):
Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
Examples:
"The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight."
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Set as a verb (transitive, bridge):
To defeat a contract.
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Set as a verb (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in [[set out]]):
To begin to move; to go forth.
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Set as a verb (transitive, botany):
To produce after pollination.
Examples:
"to set seed"
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Set as a verb (intransitive, of fruit):
To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
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Set as a verb (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects):
To sit .
Examples:
"He sets in that chair all day."
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Set as a verb:
To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
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Set as a verb (hunting, ambitransitive):
Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
Examples:
"The dog sets the bird."
"Your dog sets well."
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Set as a verb (obsolete):
To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
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Set as a verb (ambitransitive):
To fit music to words.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Set as a verb (ambitransitive):
To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
Examples:
"to set pear trees in an orchard"
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Set as a verb:
To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
Examples:
"rfquotek Francis Bacon"
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Set as a verb:
To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
Examples:
"The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward."
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Set as a verb:
To place or fix in a setting.
Examples:
"to set a precious stone in a border of metal"
"to set glass in a sash"
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Set as a verb:
To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
Examples:
"to set (that is, to hone) a razor"
"to set a saw"
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Set as a verb:
To extend and bring into position; to spread.
Examples:
"to set the sails of a ship"
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Set as a verb:
To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
Examples:
"to set a psalm"
"rfquotek Fielding"
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Set as a verb:
To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
Examples:
"to set a broken bone"
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Set as a verb (masonry):
To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
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Set as a verb (obsolete):
To wager in gambling; to risk.
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Set as a verb:
To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
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Set as a verb (obsolete):
To value; to rate; used with at.
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Set as a verb:
To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
Examples:
"to set a good example; to set lessons to be learned"
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Set as a verb (Scotland):
To suit; to become.
Examples:
"It sets him ill."
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Set as a noun:
A punch for setting nails in wood.
Examples:
"nail set"
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Set as a noun:
A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
Examples:
"television set"
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Set as a noun:
a hole made and lived in by a badger.
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Set as a noun:
pattern of threads and yarns.
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Set as a noun:
piece of quarried stone.
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Set as a noun (horticulture):
A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
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Set as a noun:
The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
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Set as a noun (obsolete, rare):
That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
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Set as a noun (engineering):
Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
Examples:
"the set of a spring"
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Set as a noun (piledriving):
A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
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Set as a noun (printing, dated):
The width of the body of a type.
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Set as a noun:
A young oyster when first attached.
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Set as a noun:
Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
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Set as a noun:
A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun)
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Set as a noun (colloquial):
The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
Examples:
"the set of a coat"
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Set as a noun:
The camber of a curved roofing tile.
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Set as an adjective:
Fixed in position.
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Set as an adjective:
Rigid, solidified.
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Set as an adjective:
Ready, prepared.
Examples:
"[[on your mark, get set, go on your marks, get set, go!]]; [[on your marks]], set, go!"
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Set as an adjective:
Intent, determined (to do something).
Examples:
"'set on getting to his destination"
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Set as an adjective:
Prearranged.
Examples:
"a set menu"
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Set as an adjective:
Fixed in one's opinion.
Examples:
"I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them."
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Set as an adjective (of hair):
Fixed in a certain style.
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Set as a noun:
A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
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Set as a noun:
A rudimentary fruit.
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Set as a noun (by extension):
The setting of the sun or other luminary; the close of the day.
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Set as a noun (literally, and, figuratively):
General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
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Set as a noun:
A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.)
Examples:
"a set of tables"
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Set as a noun:
A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
Examples:
"a set of tools"
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Set as a noun:
An object made up of several parts.
Examples:
"a set of steps"
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Set as a noun (set theory):
A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
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Set as a noun (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal):
Set theory.
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Set as a noun:
A group of people, usually meeting socially.
Examples:
"the country set"
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Set as a noun:
The scenery for a film or play.
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Set as a noun (dance):
The initial or basic formation of dancers.
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Set as a noun (exercise):
A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
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Set as a noun (tennis):
A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
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Set as a noun (volleyball):
A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
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Set as a noun (volleyball):
The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
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Set as a noun (music):
A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
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Set as a noun (music):
A drum kit, a drum set.
Examples:
"He plays the set on Saturdays."
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Set as a noun (UK, education):
A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
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Set as a noun (poker, slang):
Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare .
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Set as a verb (UK, education):
To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
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