Score vs. Tally — What's the Difference?

A usually numerical record of a competitive event

A reckoning, score, or amount

The total number of points made by each competitor or side in a contest, either final or at a given stage

A record of a reckoning, score, or amount

The number of points attributed to a competitor or team.

The act of scoring a point or goal in a game or contest

A result, usually expressed numerically, of a test or examination.

A stick on which notches are made to keep a count or score.

An amount due; a debt.

A stick on which notches were formerly made to keep a record of amounts paid or owed.

A grievance that is harbored and requires satisfaction

A mark used in recording a number of acts or objects, most often in series of five, consisting of four vertical lines canceled diagonally or horizontally by a fifth line.

A ground; a reason

A label, ticket, or piece of metal or wood used for identification or classification, especially in gardens and greenhouses.

A group of 20 items.

(Archaic) Something that is very similar or corresponds to something else; a double or counterpart.

Scores Large numbers

To reckon or count. Often used with up

The notation of a musical work.

To make a record of (an amount, for example).

The written form of a composition for orchestral or vocal parts.

To score (a point or goal) in a game or contest.

The music written for a film or a play.

To label, as with a ticket, for identification or classification.

The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain

To be alike; correspond or agree

The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs.

To keep a record, as of a score in a game.

A successful robbery.

To score a point or goal in a game or contest.

An instance of having sexual intercourse with a desired partner.

Target sighted.

A notch or incision, especially one that is made to keep a tally.

(by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.

To achieve or accomplish

(by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.

To achieve or gain in a game or contest

One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.

To count or be worth as points

A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.

To keep a written record of the score or events of (a game or contest).

A tally shop.

(Baseball) To cause (a base runner) to cross home plate, especially by getting a hit

A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.

To evaluate and assign a grade to

A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage.

To orchestrate (a piece of music).

(transitive) To count something.

To arrange for a specific instrument.

(transitive) To mathematically calculate a numeric result.

To criticize cuttingly; berate.

(transitive) To record something by making marks.

To succeed in acquiring

(transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.

To succeed in obtaining (an illicit drug)

(intransitive) To keep score.

To mark (a piece of paper or wood, for example) with lines or notches, especially for the purpose of keeping a record.

(intransitive) To correspond or agree.

To cancel or eliminate by superimposing lines.

(nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.

To mark the surface of (meat, for example) with usually parallel cuts.

(obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.

To make a point or points in a game or contest.

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.

To record the score or progress of a game or contest.

Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate.

To achieve a purpose or advantage, especially to make a surprising gain or coup

One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.

To succeed in having sexual relations with a desired partner.

A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game.

To succeed in buying or obtaining an illicit drug.

A tally shop. See Tally shop, below.

The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.

To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.

The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.

The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.

To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.

Twenty, 20.

To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game.

(gambling) An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.

Stoutly; with spirit.

A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.

A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely;

A weight of twenty pounds.

A bill for an amount due

(music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.

The act of counting;

(music) The music of a movie or play.

Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics;

Subject.

Gain points in a game;

Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.

Keep score, as in games

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

Determine the sum of;

An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.

A criminal act, especially:

A robbery.

A bribe paid to a police officer.

An illegal sale, especially of drugs.

A prostitute's client.

A sexual conquest.

In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.

(transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.

(intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.

(ambitransitive) To obtain something desired.

To earn points in a game.

To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.

(gambling) To win money by gambling.

(slang) To acquire or gain.

To extract a bribe.

To obtain a sexual favor.

(transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.

Acknowledgement of success

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.

Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.

The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.

A distance of twenty yards; - a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.

A weight of twenty pounds.

The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.

A line drawn; a groove or furrow.

The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; - so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts.

The grade received on an examination, such as those given in school or as a qualifying examination for a job or admission to school; - it may be expressed as a percentage of answers which are correct, or as a number or letter; as, a score of 98 in a civil service exam.

To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.

Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.

To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.

To engrave, as upon a shield.

To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.

To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.

To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer.

To make or count a point or points, as in a game; to tally.

To run up a score, or account of dues.

To succeed in finding a partner for sexual intercourse; to make a sexual conquest.

To purchase drugs illegally.

A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance);

A written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages;

A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest;

A set of twenty members;

Grounds;

The facts about an actual situation;

An amount due (as at a restaurant or bar);

A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation;

The act of scoring in a game or sport;

A seduction culminating in sexual intercourse;

Gain points in a game;

Make small marks into the surface of;

Make underscoring marks

Write a musical score for

Induce to have sex;

Get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance;

Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation;