Set
Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.
Tag
Tag verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
Usage example: she tagged her most experienced operative for the special mission
How words are described
| old | old set | old tag |
| good | good set | good tag |
| high | high set | high tag |
| expensive | expensive set | expensive tag |
| Other adjectives: full, special, identical, normal, specific, short, right, complete, separate, original, single, entire, massive, big, huge, main, new, unique, final, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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If more than one category tag can apply to a story set in Florida, the Florida tag automatically wins.
Source: Only in Florida - StreetPass Mii Plaza is a set of games where you can tag other people with a Nintendo 3DS, reading their traits and other stats and applying them to various games.
Source: The Load / Video Games - Following the fall of the colonies, the rag-tag fleet's economy is set up like this.
Source: One-Product Planet
Cite this Source
Tag and Set. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/set/tag
Set & Tag. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/set/tag>.
Tag or Set. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/set/tag.
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