Braided vs. Pigtail — What's the Difference?

Braided is a musical group consisting of Casey LeBlanc, Ashley Leitão, and Amber Fleury, who all competed on the third season of Canadian Idol in 2005. They are the third music group to come from an Idol show in the world, after Young Divas from Australia and Feminnem from Croatia.

In the context of hairstyles, the usage of the term pigtail (or twin tail or twintail) shows considerable variation. The term may refer to a single braid, but is more frequently used in the plural ("pigtails") to refer to twin braids on opposite sides of the head.

Produced by braiding.

A braid or ponytail, especially one of a pair worn one on each side of the head.

Resembling a braid.

A short length of wire used to connect other wires to each other or to an electrical device.

Having braids.

A twisted roll of tobacco.

Decorated with braid.

Tobacco twisted into a string or roll.

Flowing in shallow channels that divide and reunite in a pattern resembling the strands of a braid

A braided plait of hair; now especially, either of two braids or "tails" on the side of the head.

Simple past tense and past participle of braid

(informal) A person who wears a pigtail or queue.

Plaited, woven, entwined

(electrical engineering) A short length of twisted electrical wire.

(of a stream) Divided into several channels

The flamingo flower anthurium

Adorned with braid; as, his braided collar.

The tail of a pig.

Formed into a braid or braids; as, braided hair.

(medicine) Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.

Adorned with braid;

The tail of a pig.

A cue, or queue.

A kind of twisted chewing tobacco.

A braid of hair on either side of the face