Jig vs. Rig
Difference Between Jig and Rig
Jignoun
Any of various lively dances in triple time.
Rigverb
To provide with a harness or equipment; fit out.
Jignoun
The music for such a dance. Also called gigue.
Rigverb
To equip (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
Jignoun
A joke or trick. Used chiefly in the phrase The jig is up.
Rigverb
To fit (sails or shrouds, for example) to masts and yards.
Jignoun
A typically metal fishing lure with one or more hooks, usually deployed with a jiggling motion on or near the bottom.
Rigverb
(Informal) To dress, clothe, or adorn
The costumer rigged out the actors in peasant clothing.Jignoun
An apparatus for cleaning or separating crushed ore by agitation in water.
Rigverb
To make or construct in haste or in a makeshift manner
rig up a tent for the night.Jignoun
A device for guiding a tool or for holding machine work in place.
Rigverb
To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain
rig a prizefight.rig stock prices.Jignoun
Used as a disparaging term for a black person.
Rignoun
(Nautical) The arrangement of masts, spars, and sails on a sailing vessel.
Jigverb
To dance or play a jig.
Rignoun
Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
Jigverb
To move or bob up and down jerkily and rapidly.
Rignoun
A truck or tractor.
Jigverb
To operate a jig.
Rignoun
A tractor-trailer.
Jigverb
To bob or jerk (something) up and down or to and fro.
Rignoun
A vehicle with one or more horses harnessed to it.
Jigverb
To machine (an object) with the aid of a jig.
Rignoun
The special apparatus used for drilling oil wells and extracting the oil.
Jigverb
To separate or clean (ore) by shaking a jig.
Rignoun
Western US See saddle.
Jignoun
(music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
Rignoun
(Informal) A costume or an outfit
wore an outlandish rig to the office.Jignoun
A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
They danced a jig.Rignoun
Fishing tackle.
Jignoun
A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
Rignoun
(nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
Jignoun
(fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
Rignoun
Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
Jignoun
A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
Cutting circles out of pinewood is best done with a compass-style jig.Rignoun
(US) A large truck such as a semi-tractor.
Jignoun
(mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
Rignoun
The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
Jignoun
(obsolete) A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
Rignoun
(informal) A costume or an outfit.
Jignoun
(obsolete) A trick; a prank.
Rignoun
A computer case, often modified for looks.
Jignoun
A black person.
Rignoun
An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
Jigverb
To move briskly, especially as a dance.
The guests were jigging around on the dance floor.Rignoun
(slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
Jigverb
To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
Rignoun
A ridge.
Jigverb
(fishing) To fish with a jig.
Rignoun
(obsolete) A wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
Jigverb
To sing to the tune of a jig.
Rignoun
A promiscuous woman.
Jigverb
To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
Rignoun
(obsolete) A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
Jigverb
(mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
Rignoun
(obsolete) A blast of wind.
Jigverb
To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
Rignoun
An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
Jignoun
music in three-four time for dancing a jig
Rigverb
(transitive) To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
Jignoun
any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
Rigverb
To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
Jigverb
dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
Rigverb
To dress or clothe in some costume.
Rigverb
(transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
Rigverb
(transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
to rig an electionRigverb
To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
Rigverb
To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
Rignoun
gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
Rignoun
a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
Rignoun
formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
Rignoun
a set of clothing (with accessories);
his getup was exceedingly elegantRignoun
gear used in fishing
Rignoun
a vehicle with four wheels drawn by two or more horses
Rignoun
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme;
that book is a fraudRigverb
arrange the outcome of by means of deceit;
rig an electionRigverb
manipulate in a fraudulent manner;
rig pricesRigverb
connect or secure to;
They rigged the bomb to the ignitionRigverb
equip with sails, masts, etc.;
rig a ship
