The difference between Lace and Tie
When used as nouns, lace means a light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread, whereas tie means a knot.
When used as verbs, lace means to fasten (something) with laces, whereas tie means to twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lace and Tie
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Lace as a noun (uncountable):
A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
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Lace as a noun (countable):
A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly.
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Lace as a noun:
A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
Examples:
"rfquotek Fairfax"
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Lace as a noun (slang, obsolete):
Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
Examples:
"rfquotek Addison"
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Lace as a verb (transitive):
To fasten (something) with laces.
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Lace as a verb (transitive):
To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
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Lace as a verb (transitive):
To interweave items.
Examples:
"to lace one's fingers together"
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Lace as a verb (transitive):
To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
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Lace as a verb:
To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
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Lace as a verb:
To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.
Examples:
"cloth laced with silver"
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Tie as a noun:
A knot; a fastening.
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Tie as a noun:
A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
Examples:
"rfquotek Young"
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Tie as a noun:
A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
Examples:
"synonyms: necktie"
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Tie as a noun:
The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
Examples:
"synonyms: draw"
"It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score."
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Tie as a noun:
A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
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Tie as a noun:
A strong connection between people or groups of people.
Examples:
"synonyms: bond"
"the sacred ties of friendship or of duty"
"the ties of allegiance"
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Tie as a noun (construction):
A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
Examples:
"'Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes."
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Tie as a noun (rail transport, US):
A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
Examples:
"synonyms: sleeper q1=British"
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Tie as a noun (cricket):
The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
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Tie as a noun (sports, British):
A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
Examples:
"The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957."
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Tie as a noun (music):
A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
Examples:
"coordinate terms slur"
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Tie as a noun (statistics):
One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
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Tie as a noun (surveying):
A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
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Tie as a noun (graph theory):
A connection between two vertices.
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Tie as a verb (transitive):
To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
Examples:
"'Tie this rope in a knot for me, please."
"'Tie the rope to this tree."
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Tie as a verb (transitive):
To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
Examples:
"'Tie a knot in this rope for me, please."
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Tie as a verb (transitive):
To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
Examples:
"'Tie him to the tree."
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Tie as a verb (transitive):
To secure (something) by string or the like.
Examples:
"'Tie your shoes."
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Tie as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive):
To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
Examples:
"They tied for third place."
"They tied the game."
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Tie as a verb (US, transitive):
To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
Examples:
"He tied me for third place."
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Tie as a verb (music):
To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.