Prong vs. Tong — What's the Difference?

A thin, pointed, projecting part

To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs.

A branch; a fork

A Chinese association or political party.

To pierce with or as if with a thin, pointed, projecting part.

An association or a secret society of Chinese in the United States, believed to be involved in organized crime.

A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.

(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

A branch; a fork.

A Chinese lineage organization responsible for managing ancestral land

(colloquial) The penis.

A Chinese secret society or gang

To pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong.

(intransitive) To use tongs.

A sharp-pointed instrument.

(transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork of two or three prongs.

Tongue.

A sharp projection, as of an antler.

In China, an association, secret society, or organization of any kind; in the United States, usually, a secret association of Chinese such as that of the highbinders; in the U. S. the tongs have been frequently associated with criminal activity and gang warfare.

A pointed projection