The difference between Peg and Pin
When used as nouns, peg means a cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects, whereas pin means a sewing pin or ballhead pin: a needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
When used as verbs, peg means to fasten using a peg, whereas pin means to fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
check bellow for the other definitions of Peg and Pin
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Peg as a noun:
A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
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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.
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Peg as a noun:
A protrusion used to hang things on.
Examples:
"Hang your coat on the peg and come in."
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Peg as a noun (figurative):
A support; a reason; a pretext.
Examples:
"a peg to hang a claim upon"
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Peg as a noun (cribbage):
A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
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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
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Peg as a noun (UK):
A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
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Peg as a noun:
A place formally allotted for fishing
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Peg as a noun (colloquial, dated):
A leg or foot.
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Peg as a noun:
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
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Peg as a noun:
A step; a degree.
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Peg as a noun:
clothes peg.
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Peg as a verb:
To fasten using a peg.
Examples:
"Let's peg the rug to the floor."
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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."
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Peg as a verb:
To fix a value or price.
Examples:
"China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar."
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Peg as a verb:
To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
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Peg as a verb:
To throw.
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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."
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Peg as a verb (cribbage):
To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
Examples:
"She pegged twelve points."
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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."
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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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Pin as a noun:
A sewing pin or ballhead pin: a needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
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Pin as a noun:
A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
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Pin as a noun:
A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
Examples:
"Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy."
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Pin as a noun (wrestling):
The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
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Pin as a noun:
A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
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Pin as a noun (informal, in plural):
A leg.
Examples:
"I'm not so good on my pins these days."
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Pin as a noun (electricity):
Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
Examples:
"The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins."
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Pin as a noun:
A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
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Pin as a noun (US):
A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
Examples:
"synonyms: badge lapel pin"
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Pin as a noun (chess):
A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to attack.
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Pin as a noun (golf):
The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
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Pin as a noun (curling):
The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
Examples:
"The shot landed right on the pin."
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Pin as a noun (dated):
A mood, a state of being.
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Pin as a noun:
One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
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Pin as a noun (medicine, obsolete):
caligo
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Pin as a noun:
A thing of small value; a trifle.
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Pin as a noun:
A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
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Pin as a noun (engineering):
A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
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Pin as a noun:
The tenon of a dovetail joint.
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Pin as a noun (UK, brewing):
A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
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Pin as a noun (informal):
A pinball machine.
Examples:
"I spent most of my time in the arcade playing pins."
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Pin as a verb (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on"):
To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
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Pin as a verb (chess, usually, in the passive):
To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
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Pin as a verb (wrestling):
To pin down (someone).
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Pin as a verb:
To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
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Pin as a verb (computing, GUI, transitive):
To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.
Examples:
"to pin a window to the Taskbar"
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Pin as a verb (computing, transitive):
To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
Examples:
"When marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy or pin the data being marshaled."
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Pin as a verb: