The difference between Tag and Untag

When used as verbs, tag means to label (something), whereas untag means to remove a tag from.


Tag is also noun with the meaning: a small label.

check bellow for the other definitions of Tag and Untag

  1. Tag as a noun:

    A small label.

  2. 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".

  3. Tag as a noun:

    A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.

  4. Tag as a noun:

    A type of cardboard.

  5. Tag as a noun:

    Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.

  6. Tag as a noun:

    A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.

  7. 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"

  8. 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.

  9. Tag as a noun (chiefly, US):

    a vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).

  10. 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."

  11. Tag as a noun (computing):

    A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.

    Examples:

    "The <code>&lt;title&gt;</code> tag provides a title for the Web page."

    "The <code>&lt;sarcasm&gt;</code> tag conveys sarcasm in Internet slang."

  12. 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."

  13. Tag as a noun:

    Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.

  14. Tag as a noun:

    A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.

  15. Tag as a noun:

    The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.

  16. Tag as a noun:

    Something mean and paltry; the rabble.

  17. Tag as a noun:

    A sheep in its first year.

  18. Tag as a noun (biochemistry):

    Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.

  19. Tag as a noun (slang):

    A person's name.

    Examples:

    "What's your tag?"

  1. Tag as a verb (transitive):

    To label (something).

  2. Tag as a verb (transitive, graffiti):

    To mark (something) with one's tag.

  3. Tag as a verb (transitive):

    To remove dung tags from a sheep.

    Examples:

    "Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep."

  4. Tag as a verb (transitive, baseball, colloquial):

    To hit the ball hard.

    Examples:

    "He really tagged that ball."

  5. 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."

  6. 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."

  7. Tag as a verb:

    To follow closely, accompany, tag along.

  8. Tag as a verb (transitive):

    To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).

  9. Tag as a verb (transitive):

    To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.

  10. Tag as a verb:

    To fasten; to attach.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Bolingbroke"

  1. Tag as a noun:

    A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls.

  1. Untag as a verb (transitive):

    To remove a tag from.

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