Peg vs. Tee — What's the Difference?

A small cylindrical or tapered pin, as of wood, used to fasten things or plug a hole.

A tee is a stand used in sport to support and elevate a stationary ball prior to striking with a foot, club or bat. Tees are used extensively in golf, tee-ball, baseball, American football, and rugby.

A similar pin forming a projection that may be used as a support or boundary marker.

See T (sense 2)

(Music) One of the pins of a stringed instrument that are turned to tighten or slacken the strings so as to regulate their pitch.

A cleared space on a golf course, from which the ball is struck at the beginning of play for each hole

A degree or notch, as in estimation

A mark aimed at in bowls, quoits, curling, and other similar games.

Chiefly British A drink of liquor.

A T-shirt.

(Baseball) A low and fast throw made to put a base runner out.

Place the ball on a tee ready to make the first stroke of the round or hole

(Informal) A leg, especially a wooden one.

The letter t.

To fasten or plug with a peg or pegs.

Something shaped like a T.

To designate or mark by means of a peg or pegs.

(Informal) A T-shirt.

To fix (a price) at a certain level or within a certain range.

Sports & Games A mark aimed at in certain games, such as curling or quoits.

(Informal) To classify; categorize

A small peg with a concave top for holding a golf ball for an initial drive.

To hit, especially with a thrown object or fired projectile

The designated area of each golf hole from which a player makes the first stroke.

To throw or fire (an object or projectile)

A device used to stand a football on end for a kickoff.

To work steadily; persist

A shaft with a concave top attached to a flat base, used to hold the ball in T-ball.

Wide at the top and narrowing toward the bottom

To place (a ball) on a tee. Often used with up.

A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.

Something shaped like the letter T.

A protrusion used to hang things on.

(clothing) T-shirt.

(figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.

(golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.

(cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.

(sports) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.

(finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.

(curling) The target area of a curling rink

(UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.

The mark at which players aim in quoits.

A place formally allotted for fishing

(golf) To place a ball on a tee

A leg or foot.

The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.

One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.

A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line; - so called because it resembles the letter T in shape.

A step; a degree.

The letter T, t; also, something shaped like, or resembling in form, the letter T.

Ellipsis of clothes peg

To place (the ball) on a tee; also called to tee up.

(journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.

The starting place for each hole on a golf course;

A stump.

Support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff

(slang) The penetration of one's (male) partner in the anus using a dildo.

A short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground

A serving of brandy and soda.

Place on a tee;

(India) A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.

Connect with a tee;

A shilling.

(transitive) To fasten using a peg.

(transitive) To affix or pin.

(transitive) To fix a value or price.

(transitive) To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.

To throw.

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.)

(cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.

To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).

To engage in anal sex by penetrating (one's male partner) with a dildo.

(intransitive) To keep working hard at something; to peg away.

To drink alcohol frequently, especially brandy and soda; to tipple.

A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.

A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.

One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.

One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.

A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down a peg."

A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water.

A hard throw, especially one made to put out a baserunner; as, the peg to the plate went wild.

To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.

To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.

To identify; to recognize; as, she pegged him as a good carpenter; he was pegged as a blowhard as soon as he started speaking; he was pegged as a exceptional player even in high school.

To throw (a ball); as, he pegged the runner out at second.

To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; - usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.

A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface

Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

Informal terms of the leg;

A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

Regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument

A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

Succeed in obtaining a position;

Pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into into

Fasten or secure with a wooden pin;

Stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations;