Label vs. Tag

Labelnoun

A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.

Labelnoun

A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.

Labelnoun

(music) A company that sells records.

Labelnoun

(computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.

Labelnoun

(computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.

Labelnoun

(heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.

Labelnoun

(obsolete) A tassel.

Labelnoun

A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.

Labelnoun

A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.

Labelnoun

(architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.

Labelnoun

In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.

Labelverb

(transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).

Labelverb

(ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.

Labelverb

(biochemistry) To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.

Labelverb

(biochemistry) To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro

Labelnoun

A tassel.

Labelnoun

A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, and indicating, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package.

Labelnoun

A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.

Labelnoun

A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.

Labelnoun

A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living.

Labelnoun

A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.

Labelnoun

The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediæval architecture. It always has a square form, as in the illustration.

Labelnoun

In mediæval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.

Labelverb

To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.

Labelverb

To affix in or on a label.

Labelnoun

a brief description given for purposes of identification;

Labelnoun

trade name of a company that produces musical recordings;

Labelnoun

a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction

Labelnoun

an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object

Labelverb

assign a label to; designate with a label;

Labelverb

attach a tag or label to;

Labelverb

pronounce judgment on;

Labelverb

distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom

Labelverb

distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions

Label

A label (as distinct from signage) is a piece of paper, plastic film, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a container or product, on which is written or printed information or symbols about the product or item. Information printed directly on a container or article can also be considered labelling.

Tagnoun

A small label.

Tagnoun

A chasing game played by two or more children in which one child (known as "it") attempts to catch and touch one of the others, who then becomes "it".

Tagnoun

A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.

Tagnoun

A type of cardboard.

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

(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.

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

Something mean and paltry; the rabble.

Tagnoun

A sheep in its first year.

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

(slang) A person's name.

Tagnoun

A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls.

Tagverb

(transitive) To label (something).

Tagverb

To mark (something) with one’s tag.

Tagverb

(transitive) To remove dung tags from a sheep.

Tagverb

To hit the ball hard.

Tagverb

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

Tagverb

To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).

Tagverb

To follow closely, accompany, tag along.

Tagverb

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

Tagverb

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

Tagverb

To fasten; to attach.

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

Something mean and paltry; the rabble.

Tagnoun

A sheep of the first year.

Tagnoun

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

Tagverb

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

Tagverb

To join; to fasten; to attach.

Tagverb

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

Tagverb

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

Tagnoun

a label made of cardboard or plastic or metal

Tagnoun

a small piece of cloth or paper

Tagnoun

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

Tagnoun

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

Tagverb

attach a tag or label to;

Tagverb

touch a player while he is holding the ball

Tagverb

provide with a name or nickname

Tagverb

go after with the intent to catch;

Tagverb

supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes