Tally vs. Rally — What's the Difference?

A reckoning, score, or amount

To call together for a common purpose; assemble

A record of a reckoning, score, or amount

To reassemble and restore to order

The act of scoring a point or goal in a game or contest

To rouse or revive from inactivity or decline

A stick on which notches are made to keep a count or score.

To come together for a common purpose

A stick on which notches were formerly made to keep a record of amounts paid or owed.

To join in an effort for a common cause

A mark used in recording a number of acts or objects, most often in series of five, consisting of four vertical lines canceled diagonally or horizontally by a fifth line.

To recover abruptly from a setback, disadvantage, or disease

A label, ticket, or piece of metal or wood used for identification or classification, especially in gardens and greenhouses.

To increase sharply in price or value after a decline

(Archaic) Something that is very similar or corresponds to something else; a double or counterpart.

(Sports) To exchange strokes before a point is won, as in tennis.

To reckon or count. Often used with up

To tease good-humoredly

To make a record of (an amount, for example).

To engage in good-humored teasing or jesting.

To score (a point or goal) in a game or contest.

A gathering, especially one intended to inspire enthusiasm for a cause

To label, as with a ticket, for identification or classification.

A reassembling, as of dispersed troops.

To be alike; correspond or agree

The signal ordering this reassembly.

To keep a record, as of a score in a game.

An abrupt recovery from a setback, disadvantage, or disease

To score a point or goal in a game or contest.

A sharp increase in price or value after a decline.

Target sighted.

An exchange of strokes in a court game such as tennis or volleyball, ending when one side fails to make a good return and resulting in a point or the loss of service.

(by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.

A competition in which automobiles are driven over public roads and under normal traffic regulations but with specified rules as to speed, time, and route.

(by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.

In sports such as volleyball, being a system of scoring in which points can be won both by the team that is serving and by the receiving team.

One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.

A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.

A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.

A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.

A tally shop.

A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.

(motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.

A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage.

A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)

(transitive) To count something.

Good-humoured raillery.

(transitive) To mathematically calculate a numeric result.

To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

(transitive) To record something by making marks.

To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.

(transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.

To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.

(intransitive) To keep score.

To recover strength after a decline in prices.

(intransitive) To correspond or agree.

(transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.

(nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.

To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

(obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.

To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.

To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.

Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate.

To recover strength after a decline in prices; - said of the market, stocks, etc.

One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.

To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire.

A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game.

To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment.

A tally shop. See Tally shop, below.

The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word).

To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.

A political mass meeting.

To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.

Good-humored raillery.

To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.

A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm

To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game.

The feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort;

Stoutly; with spirit.

A marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness

A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely;

An automobile race run over public roads

A bill for an amount due

(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes;

The act of counting;

Gather;

Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics;

Call to arms; of military personnel

Gain points in a game;

Gather or bring together;

Keep score, as in games

Return to a former condition;

Determine the sum of;

Harass with persistent criticism or carping;