The difference between Label and Tag
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 tag means a small label.
When used as verbs, label means to put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something), whereas tag means to label (something).
check bellow for the other definitions of Label and Tag
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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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Tag as a noun:
A small label.
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Tag as a noun:
A game played by two or more children in which one child (known as "it") attempts to catch one of the others, who then becomes "it".
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Tag as a noun:
A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
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Tag as a noun:
A type of cardboard.
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Tag as a noun:
Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
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Tag as a noun:
A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
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Tag as a noun (informal, authorship):
An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").
Examples:
"synonyms: dialogue tag speech tag tag line"
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Tag as a noun (music):
The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
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Tag as a noun (chiefly, US):
a vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
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Tag as a noun (baseball):
An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
Examples:
"The tag was applied at second for the final out."
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Tag as a noun (computing):
A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
Examples:
"The <code><title></code> tag provides a title for the Web page."
"The <code><sarcasm></code> tag conveys sarcasm in Internet slang."
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Tag as a noun (computing):
A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.
Examples:
"I want to add genre and artist tags to the files in my music collection."
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Tag as a noun:
Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
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Tag as a noun:
A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
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Tag as a noun:
The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
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Tag as a noun:
Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
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Tag as a noun:
A sheep in its first year.
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Tag as a noun (biochemistry):
Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
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Tag as a noun (slang):
A person's name.
Examples:
"What's your tag?"
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Tag as a verb (transitive):
To label (something).
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Tag as a verb (transitive, graffiti):
To mark (something) with one's tag.
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Tag as a verb (transitive):
To remove dung tags from a sheep.
Examples:
"Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep."
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Tag as a verb (transitive, baseball, colloquial):
To hit the ball hard.
Examples:
"He really tagged that ball."
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Tag as a verb (transitive, baseball):
To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
Examples:
"He tagged the runner for the out."
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Tag as a verb (transitive, computing):
To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
Examples:
"I am tagging my music files by artist and genre."
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Tag as a verb:
To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
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Tag as a verb (transitive):
To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
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Tag as a verb (transitive):
To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
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Tag as a verb:
To fasten; to attach.
Examples:
"rfquotek Bolingbroke"
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Tag as a noun:
A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls.