What's the difference between sagger and tagger?

Sagger


Definition:

  • (n.) A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a seggar.
  • (n.) The clay of which such pots or cases are made.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The downpour continued during the morning, leaving much of the ground under water, and the umpires Neil Bainton and Martin Saggers decided shortly after 10am that there was no prospect of play.
  • (2) Use of custom-made sagger trays giving support to long-span fixed partial dentures at the ends and within the span is desirable for both degassing and porcelain firing, regardless of whether or not the connectors are cast or soldered.
  • (3) However, the physiological strain experienced by even the workers who remain inside the kiln for unloading the saggers for 10 min or more at a tiem before coming out for a spell of rest was not excessive, except in a few cases.

Tagger


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, appends or joins one thing to another.
  • (n.) That which is pointed like a tag.
  • (n.) Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge.
  • (n.) A device for removing taglocks from sheep.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) At a time when 1970s subway taggers are flown to Paris to mark up Louis Vuitton stores, Banksy is criticized for making money.
  • (2) But when sentencing London tagger Daniel “Tox” Halpin to a 27-month jail sentence in 2011, the prosecutor told the jury: “He is no Banksy.
  • (3) I just flipped the dynamic: now the audience at home are my friends and the people who’ve come to see me are these taggers-on.
  • (4) The Tagger et alii technique was used for root canal filling and root resorption area.
  • (5) Graffiti artists in Bogotá are often even commissioned by shops or buildings to paint murals on their walls before taggers scrawl all over them.
  • (6) I've met Kristian on numerous occasions and I know him as a tagger, or what we'd call a bomber.
  • (7) I will be taking up offers for lessons from NYC and Cairo taggers, and next time take a stencil with me.

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