The difference between Label and Peg

When used as nouns, label means a small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached, whereas peg means a cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.

When used as verbs, label means to put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something), whereas peg means to fasten using a peg.

check bellow for the other definitions of Label and Peg

  1. Label as a noun:

    A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: sign tag ticket"

    "We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater."

    "The label says this silk scarf should not be washed in the washing machine."

    "Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two."

  2. Label as a noun:

    A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: category pigeonhole"

    "Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster"."

  3. Label as a noun (music):

    A company that sells records.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: record label"

    "The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape."

  4. Label as a noun (computing):

    A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.

    Examples:

    "Storage devices can be given by label or ID."

  5. Label as a noun (computing):

    A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.

  6. Label as a noun (heraldiccharge):

    A resembling the strap crossing the horse's chest from which pendants are hung.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: lambel"

  7. Label as a noun (obsolete):

    A tassel.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Huloet"

    "rfquotek Fuller"

  8. Label as a noun:

    A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.

  9. Label as a noun:

    A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  10. Label as a noun (architecture):

    The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Arch. Pub. Soc."

  11. Label as a noun:

    In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Fairholt"

  1. Label as a verb (transitive):

    To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).

    Examples:

    "The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop."

  2. Label as a verb (ditransitive):

    To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.

    Examples:

    "He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once."

  3. Label as a verb (biochemistry):

    To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.

  4. Label as a verb (biochemistry):

    To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro

  1. Peg as a noun:

    A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.

  2. Peg as a noun:

    Measurement between the pegs: after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the animal's nose and one near the end of its body to measure its body length.

  3. Peg as a noun:

    A protrusion used to hang things on.

    Examples:

    "Hang your coat on the peg and come in."

  4. Peg as a noun (figurative):

    A support; a reason; a pretext.

    Examples:

    "a peg to hang a claim upon"

  5. Peg as a noun (cribbage):

    A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.

  6. Peg as a noun (finance):

    A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold

  7. Peg as a noun (UK):

    A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.

  8. Peg as a noun:

    A place formally allotted for fishing

  9. Peg as a noun (colloquial, dated):

    A leg or foot.

  10. Peg as a noun:

    One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.

  11. Peg as a noun:

    A step; a degree.

  12. Peg as a noun:

    clothes peg.

  1. Peg as a verb:

    To fasten using a peg.

    Examples:

    "Let's peg the rug to the floor."

  2. Peg as a verb:

    To affix or pin.

    Examples:

    "I found a tack and pegged your picture to the bulletin board."

    "She lunged forward and pegged him to the wall."

  3. Peg as a verb:

    To fix a value or price.

    Examples:

    "China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar."

  4. Peg as a verb:

    To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.

  5. Peg as a verb:

    To throw.

  6. Peg as a verb:

    To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.)

    Examples:

    "He's been pegged as a suspect."

    "I pegged his weight at 165."

  7. Peg as a verb (cribbage):

    To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.

    Examples:

    "She pegged twelve points."

  8. Peg as a verb (slang):

    To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge.

    Examples:

    "We pegged the speedometer across the flats."

  9. Peg as a verb (slang, typically in heterosexual contexts):

    To engage in anal sex by penetrating one's male partner with a dildo.

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