The difference between Label and Pigeonhole
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 pigeonhole means a nook in a desk for holding papers.
When used as verbs, label means to put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something), whereas pigeonhole means to categorize.
check bellow for the other definitions of Label and Pigeonhole
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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."
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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"."
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Label as a noun (music):
A company that sells records.
Examples:
"synonyms: record label"
"The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape."
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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."
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Label as a noun (computing):
A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
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Label as a noun (heraldiccharge):
A resembling the strap crossing the horse's chest from which pendants are hung.
Examples:
"synonyms: lambel"
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Label as a noun (obsolete):
A tassel.
Examples:
"rfquotek Huloet"
"rfquotek Fuller"
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Label as a noun:
A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
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Label as a noun:
A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
Examples:
"rfquotek Knight"
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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."
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Label as a noun:
In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
Examples:
"rfquotek Fairholt"
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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
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Pigeonhole as a noun:
A nook in a desk for holding papers.
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Pigeonhole as a noun:
One of an array of compartments for sorting post, messages, etc. at an office, or college (for example).
Examples:
"Fred was disappointed at the lack of post in his pigeonhole."
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Pigeonhole as a noun:
A hole or roosting place for pigeons.
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Pigeonhole as a noun (historical):
An Ancient Roman system of storage, used in libraries for keeping scrolls.
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Pigeonhole as a verb:
To categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc.
Examples:
"Fred was tired of being pigeonholed as a computer geek."
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Pigeonhole as a verb:
To put aside, to not act on (proposals, suggestions, advice).