Tag vs. Tug — What's the Difference?

A strip of leather, paper, metal, or plastic attached to something or hung from a wearer's neck to identify, classify, or label

To pull at vigorously or repeatedly

The plastic or metal tip at the end of a shoelace.

To move by pulling with great effort or exertion; drag

The contrastingly colored tip of an animal's tail.

To tow by tugboat.

A dirty, matted lock of wool.

To pull something vigorously or repeatedly

A loose lock of hair.

An instance of tugging; a strong or sudden pull

A rag; a tatter.

A pulling force

A small, loose fragment

A contest; a struggle

An ornamental flourish, especially at the end of a signature.

A tugboat.

A designation or epithet, especially an unwelcome one

A land, air, or space vehicle that moves or tows other vehicles

A brief quotation used in a discourse to give it an air of erudition or authority

A rope, chain, or strap used in hauling, especially a harness trace.

A cliché, saw, or similar short, conventional idea used to embellish a discourse

(transitive) To pull or drag with great effort.

The refrain or last lines of a song or poem.

(transitive) To pull hard repeatedly.

The closing lines of a speech in a play; a cue.

(transitive) To tow by tugboat.

A label assigned to identify data in memory.

To masturbate.

A sequence of characters in a markup language used to provide information, such as formatting specifications, about a document.

A sudden powerful pull.

A metatag.

(nautical) A tugboat.

(Anatomy) A small outgrowth or polyp

(obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.

(Slang) A piece of graffiti featuring text, especially the author's name, rather than a picture

A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.

(Games) A children's game in which one player pursues the others until that player is able to touch one of the other players, who then in turn becomes the pursuer.

A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it.

(Baseball) The act of tagging a base runner.

(mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.

(Sports) The act of tagging a ball carrier in touch football.

(slang) An act of male masturbation.

To label, identify, or recognize with a tag or other identifier

To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.

To put a ticket on (a motor vehicle) for a traffic or parking violation.

To pull; to pluck.

To add as an appendage to

To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.

To follow closely

To labor; to strive; to struggle.

To cut the tags from (sheep).

A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.

To add a taggant to

A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles.

To incorporate into (a compound) a more readily detected substance whereby the compound can be detected and its metabolic or chemical history followed.

A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; - called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.

(Slang) To mark or vandalize (a surface) with a graffiti tag

A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.

To follow after; accompany

An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.

To touch (another player) in the game of tag.

A sudden abrupt pull

(Baseball) To touch (a base runner) with the ball in order to make a putout.

A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

(Sports) To touch (a ball carrier) to end a play in touch football.

Pull hard;

A small label.

Strive and make an effort to reach a goal;

A children's chasing game in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it".

Tow (a vessel) with a tug;

A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.

Carry with difficulty;

A type of cardboard.

Move by pulling hard;

Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.

Pull or strain hard at;

A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.

Struggle in opposition;

An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").

(music) The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.

(television) The last scene of a TV program, often focusing on the program's subplot.

A vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).

(baseball) An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."

(computing) A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.

(computing) A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.

A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.

The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.

Something mean and paltry; the rabble.

A sheep in its first year.

(biochemistry) Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.

(slang) A person's name.

A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls.

(transitive) To label (something).

To mark (something) with one’s tag.

(transitive) To remove dung tags from a sheep.

To have sex with someone (especially a man of a woman)

To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.

To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).

To follow closely, accompany, tag along.

(transitive) To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).

(transitive) To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.

To fasten; to attach.

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.

The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.

Something mean and paltry; the rabble.

A sheep of the first year.

A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.

To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.

To join; to fasten; to attach.

To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.

To follow closely, as it were an appendage; - often with after; as, to tag after a person.

A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal

A small piece of cloth or paper

A game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser

(sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)

Attach a tag or label to;

Touch a player while he is holding the ball

Provide with a name or nickname

Go after with the intent to catch;

Supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes