Demerit vs. Gig — What's the Difference?

A quality or characteristic deserving of blame or censure; a fault.

A light, two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse.

Absence of merit.

A long light ship's boat, usually reserved for use by the ship's captain.

A mark made against one's record for a fault or for misconduct.

A fast light rowboat.

A quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage

An object that whirls.

A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.

(Games)A three-digit selection in a numbers game.

That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.

An arrangement of barbless hooks that is dragged through a school of fish to hook them in their bodies.

To deserve.

A pronged spear for fishing or catching frogs.

To depreciate or cry down.

A demerit given in the military.

That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.

A job, especially a booking for musicians.

That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; - the opposite of merit.

A gigabyte.

The state of one who deserves ill.

To ride in a gig.

To deserve; - said in reference to both praise and blame.

To fish for or catch with a gig.

To depreciate or cry down.

To catch a fish or frog with a gig.

To deserve praise or blame.

To give a military demerit to.

A mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces;

To work as a musician

The quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection;

Originally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; a job or role for a performer.

(by extension) Any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.

A demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code.

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Any unit of measurement having the SI prefix giga-.

(obsolete) A top which is made to spin by tying a piece of string around it and then throwing it so that the string unwinds rapidly; a whipping-top.

)|archaic|or|dialectal}} A person with an odd appearance; also, a foolish person.

Senses relating to enjoyment.

Fun; frolics.

(obsolete) A fanciful impulse; a whim; also, a joke.

Senses relating to vehicles.

(watercraft)

A two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.

(obsolete) A frivolous, playful, or wanton young woman; a giglet or giglot.

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(transitive)

(music) To play (a musical instrument) at a gig.

To impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.

(intransitive)

To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.

(by extension) To work at any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.

(transitive) To make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.

(intransitive) Sometimes followed by it: to ride in a horse]].

(transitive) To spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.

(intransitive) To catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.

A fiddle.

A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.

A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.

A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.

A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.

A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.

A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.

A job for a specified, usually short period of time; - used especially for the temporary engagements of an entertainer, such as a jazz musician or a rock group; as, a one-week gig in Las Vegas.

To engender.

To fish with a gig.

Long and light rowing boat; especially for racing

An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

A cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting

Tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain

Small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood

A booking for musicians;