Scrap vs Rag - What's the difference?

scrap | rag |

In intransitive terms the difference between scrap and rag

is that scrap is to scrapbook; to create scrapbooks while rag is to become tattered.

As nouns the difference between scrap and rag

is that scrap is a (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion while rag is tattered clothes.

As verbs the difference between scrap and rag

is that scrap is to discard while rag is to become tattered.

scrap

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) scrappe, from (etyl) skrap, from

Noun

(en noun)

A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

* De Quincey

I have no materials — not a scrap .

I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.

(usually, in the plural) Leftover food.

Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight.

Discarded material (especially metal), junk.

That car isn't good for anything but scrap .

(ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated to the Norte gang.

The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.

pork scraps

Derived terms

* scrap paper * scrapbook * scrapheap * scrappy * scrapyard

Verb

(scrapp)

To discard.

(of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.

To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.

To dispose of at a scrapyard.

To make into scrap.

Derived terms

* scrapper

Etymology 2

Noun

(en noun)

A fight, tussle, skirmish.

We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill.

Verb

(scrapp)

to fight

Anagrams

* English terms with multiple etymologies

rag

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . Cognate with Swedish ragg.

Noun

(en noun)

(in the plural) Tattered clothes.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Dryden)

Virtue, though in rags , will keep me warm.

A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Milton)

Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tossed, / And fluttered into rags .

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Fuller)

Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty.

A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Ben Jonson)

The other zealous rag is the compositor.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Spenser)

Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag .

A ragged edge in metalworking.

(nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Lowell)

Our ship was a clipper with every rag set.

(slang, pejorative) A newspaper, magazine.

(rfc-sense) (poker slang) A card that appears to help no one.

(rfc-sense) (poker slang) A low card.

Derived terms

* on the rag * lose one's rag * ragwort * smell of an oily rag

Verb

(ragg)

To become tattered.

(Webster 1913)

Etymology 2

origin; perhaps the same word as Etymology 1, above.

Noun

(en noun)

A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.

* 2003 , (Peter Ackroyd), The Clerkenwell Tales , page 1:

the three walls around the garden, each one of thirty-three feet, were built out of three layers of stone — pebble stone, flint and rag stone.

Verb

(ragg)

To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.

To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

Etymology 3

Origin uncertain.

Verb

(ragg)

To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.

To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.

Derived terms

* rag the puck * rag on

Noun

(en noun)

(dated) A prank or practical joke.

(UK, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.

Derived terms

* rag day * rag week

Etymology 4

Perhaps from (ragged). Compare later (ragtime).

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete, US) An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.

A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.

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References

* Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 ----