Wig vs. Wag — What's the Difference?

A wig is a head or hair accessory made from human hair, animal hair, or synthetic fiber. The word wig is short for periwig, which makes its earliest known appearance in the English language in William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

(especially with reference to an animal's tail) move or cause to move rapidly to and fro

An artificial covering of natural or synthetic hair worn on the head for personal adornment, as part of a costume, or to conceal baldness.

Play truant from (school).

To scold or censure.

A wife or girlfriend of a sports player, typically characterized as having a high media profile and a glamorous lifestyle.

A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying.

To move briskly and repeatedly from side to side, to and fro, or up and down

A bigwig

To move rapidly in talking. Used of the tongue.

An old seal.

(Archaic) To be on one's way; depart.

To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).

To move (a body part) rapidly from side to side or up and down, as in playfulness, agreement, or admonition

To upbraid, reprimand.

The act or motion of wagging

To act in an extremely emotional way; to be overly excited, irritable, nervous, or fearful; behave erratically.

A humorous or droll person; a wit.

 To shoot in the head.

To swing from side to side, such as of an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief.

A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers.

To play truant from school.

An old seal; - so called by fishermen.

(obsolete) To be in action or motion; to move; progress.

To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.

(obsolete) To go; to depart.

Hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair

An oscillating movement.

British slang for a scolding

A witty person.

To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head.

To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.

To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.

To go; to depart; to pack oft.

The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head.

A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.

A witty amusing person who makes jokes

Causing to move repeatedly from side to side

Move from side to side;