Shag vs. Stag — What's the Difference?

A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair.

The adult male of various deer, especially the red deer.

A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth.

An animal, especially a pig, castrated after reaching sexual maturity.

Cloth having such a nap.

A person who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner, especially a man who is unaccompanied by a woman.

A rug with a thick rough pile.

A social gathering for men only.

Coarse shredded tobacco.

Of or for men only

A dance step of the 1930s consisting of a hop on each foot in turn.

Pornographic

Any of several cormorants, especially Phalacrocorax aristotelis of Europe and North Africa.

Unaccompanied

To make shaggy; roughen.

To attend a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner. Used especially of men.

To perform or execute this dance.

(countable) An adult male deer.

To chase and bring back; fetch.

(countable) A colt, or filly.

(Baseball) To chase and catch (fly balls) in practice.

A romping girl; a tomboy.

To engage in sexual intercourse with.

(countable) An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox).

To engage in sexual intercourse.

An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.

Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.

One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.

Coarse shredded tobacco.

An unmarried man; a bachelor; a man not accompanying a woman at a social event.

A type of rough carpet pile.

(countable) A social event for men held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom; sometimes a fundraiser.

Bacon or fat, especially if with some remaining hair or bristles.

Guard duty.

A roughly-cut or torn-off piece of bread or cheese.

(countable) A stag beetle (family Lucanidae).

A deliberately messy, shaggy hairstyle.

(countable) The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.

Any of several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family), especially the common shag or European shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, found on European and African coasts.

To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.

A swing dance.

(transitive) To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

An act of sexual intercourse.

Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.

A casual sexual partner.

The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.

(northwestern Ontario) A fundraising dance in honour of a couple engaged to be married.

A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl.

(West Country) Friend; mate; buddy.

A castrated bull; - called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the Note under Ox.

(transitive) To make hairy or shaggy; to roughen.

An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.

To hang in shaggy clusters.

The European wren.

(intransitive) To shake, wiggle around.

To act as a "stag," or irregular dealer in stocks.

To have sexual intercourse with.

To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

To have sexual intercourse.

Male red deer

To masturbate.

Adult male deer

To chase after; especially, to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play.

Attend a dance or a party without a female companion

To perform the dance called the shag.

Give away information about somebody;

(obsolete) Hairy; shaggy.

Watch, observe, or inquire secretly

Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.

A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.

A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.

Any species of cormorant.

Hairy; shaggy.

To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.

A strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded

A matted tangle of hair or fiber;

A fabric with long coarse nap;

Slang terms for sexual intercourse

A lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn

Dance the shag