Hit vs. Tap — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hit and Tap
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Hit
To come into contact with forcefully; strike
The car hit the guardrail.
Tap
A device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled
She turned the cold tap on
The air-supply tap
Hit
To cause to come into contact
She hit her hand against the wall.
Tap
A device connected to a telephone for listening secretly to someone's conversations
Those taps produced hundreds of hours of recordings
Hit
To deal a blow to
He hit the punching bag.
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Tap
An instrument for cutting a threaded hole in a material.
Hit
To cause an implement or missile to come forcefully into contact with
Hit the nail with a hammer.
Tap
A taproom.
Hit
To press or push (a key or button, for example)
Hit the return key by mistake.
Tap
A quick light blow, or the sound of such a blow
There was a sharp tap at the door
Hit
To reach with a propelled ball or puck
Hit the running back with a pass.
Tap
Tap dancing
A rhythm much used in tap
Hit
To score in this way
She hit the winning basket.
Tap
A bugle call for lights to be put out in army quarters
The bugler played taps
Hit
To perform (a shot or maneuver) successfully
Couldn't hit the jump shot.
Tap
Draw liquid through the tap or spout of (a cask, barrel, or other container)
Several barrels had been tapped to celebrate old victories
Hit
To propel with a stroke or blow
Hit the ball onto the green.
Tap
Exploit or draw a supply from (a resource)
Clients from industry seeking to tap Edinburgh's resources of expertise
These magazines have tapped into a target market of consumers
Hit
To execute (a base hit) successfully
Hit a single.
Tap
Connect a device to (a telephone) so that conversation can be listened to secretly
The telephones were tapped by the state security police
Hit
To bat against (a pitcher or kind of pitch) successfully
Can't hit a slider.
Tap
Cut a thread in (something) to accept a screw
On most vices, the metal jaws are drilled and tapped to accept screws
Hit
To affect, especially adversely
The company was hit hard by the recession. Influenza hit the elderly the hardest.
Tap
Strike with a quick light blow or blows
One of my staff tapped me on the shoulder
Hit
To be affected by (a negative development)
Their marriage hit a bad patch.
Tap
Approach (a sports player) unlawfully with a view to signing them to another club while they are still under contract with their current one.
Hit
To win (a prize, for example), especially in a lottery.
Tap
Designate or select (someone) for a task or honour, especially membership of an organization or committee
He had been tapped earlier to serve in Costa Rica
Hit
To arise suddenly in the mind of; occur to
It finally hit him that she might be his long-lost sister.
Tap
To strike gently with a light blow or blows
I tapped you on the shoulder to get your attention.
Hit
(Informal) To go to or arrive at
We hit the beach early.
Tap
To give a light rap with
Tap a pencil.
Hit
(Informal) To attain or reach
Monthly sales hit a new high. She hit 40 on her last birthday.
Tap
To produce with a succession of light blows
Tap out a rhythm.
Hit
To produce or represent accurately
Trying to hit the right note.
Tap
To select, as for membership in an organization; designate.
Hit
(Games) To deal cards to.
Tap
To repair (shoe heels or toes) by applying a thin layer of leather or a substitute material.
Hit
(Sports) To bite on or take (bait or a lure). Used of a fish.
Tap
To attach metal plates to (shoe toes or heels).
Hit
To strike or deal a blow.
Tap
To deliver a gentle, light blow or blows.
Hit
To come into contact with something; collide.
Tap
To walk making light clicks.
Hit
To attack
The raiders hit at dawn.
Tap
To tap-dance.
Hit
To happen or occur
The storm hit without warning.
Tap
To furnish with a spigot or tap.
Hit
To achieve or find something desired or sought
Finally hit on the answer.
Hit upon a solution to the problem.
Tap
To pierce in order to draw off liquid
Tap a maple tree.
Hit
(Baseball) To bat or bat well
Their slugger hasn't been hitting lately.
Tap
To draw (liquid) from a vessel or container
Tap a new keg of beer.
Hit
(Sports) To score by shooting, especially in basketball
Hit on 7 of 8 shots.
Tap
(Medicine) To withdraw fluid from (a body cavity).
Hit
To ignite a mixture of air and fuel in the cylinders. Used of an internal-combustion engine.
Tap
To make a physical connection with or open outlets from
Tap a water main.
Hit
A collision or impact.
Tap
To wiretap (a telephone or communications channel).
Hit
A successfully executed shot, blow, thrust, or throw.
Tap
To establish an electric connection in (a power line), as to divert current secretly.
Hit
(Sports) A deliberate collision with an opponent, such as a body check in ice hockey.
Tap
To establish access to or a connection with
Tapped a new market for inexpensive books.
Hit
A successful or popular venture
A Broadway hit.
Tap
To take advantage of; make use of
Tapped voter anger to win the election.
Hit
A match of data in a search string against data that one is searching.
Tap
To cut screw threads in (a collar, socket, or other fitting).
Hit
A connection made to a website over the internet or another network
Our company's website gets about 250,000 hits daily.
Tap
(Informal) To ask (a person) for money.
Hit
An apt or effective remark.
Tap
A gentle blow.
Hit
Abbr. H(Baseball) A base hit.
Tap
The sound made by such a blow.
Hit
A dose of a narcotic drug.
Tap
A thin layer of leather or a substitute applied to a worn-down shoe heel or toe.
Hit
A puff of a cigarette or a pipe.
Tap
A metal plate attached to the toe or heel of a shoe, as for tap-dancing.
Hit
(Slang) A murder planned and carried out usually by a member of an underworld syndicate.
Tap
Tap dance.
Hit
To strike.
Tap
(Linguistics) See flap.
Hit
(transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
One boy hit the other.
Tap
A valve and spout used to regulate delivery of a fluid at the end of a pipe.
Hit
(transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
The ball hit the fence.
Tap
A plug for a bunghole; a spigot.
Hit
(intransitive) To strike against something.
Tap
Liquor drawn from a spigot.
Hit
(transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
Hit the Enter key to continue.
Tap
Liquor of a particular brew, cask, or quality.
Hit
To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
Hit him tonight and throw the body in the river.
Tap
(Medicine) The removal of fluid from a body cavity
A spinal tap.
Hit
To attack, especially amphibiously.
If intelligence had been what it should have been, I don't think we'd ever have hit that island.
Tap
A tool for cutting an internal screw thread.
Hit
To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
Their coffee really hits the spot.
I used to listen to that song all the time, but it hits different(ly) now.
Tap
A makeshift terminal in an electric circuit.
Hit
To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
I hit the jackpot.
Tap
A wiretap.
Hit
To switch on.
Somebody's been here! Hit the lights!
Tap
A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
Hit
To briefly visit.
We hit the grocery store on the way to the park.
Tap
A device used to dispense liquids.
We don't have bottled water; you'll have to get it from the tap.
Hit
To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
We hit a lot of traffic coming back from the movies.
Tap
Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
A liquor of the same tap
Hit
(heading) To attain, to achieve.
Tap
A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
Hit
To reach or achieve.
The movie hits theaters in December.
The temperature could hit 110°F tomorrow.
We hit Detroit at one in the morning but kept driving through the night.
Tap
(mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread.
Hit
(intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
Tap
A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length.
Hit
To guess; to light upon or discover.
Tap
An interception of communication by authority.
Hit
(transitive) To affect negatively.
The economy was hit by a recession.
The hurricane hit his fishing business hard.
Tap
A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
Hit
(metaphorically) To attack.
Tap
A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.
Abdominal tap
Pleural tap
Spinal tap
Hit
To make a play.
Tap
(finance) The situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
Tap issue; a bond tap
Hit
In blackjack, to deal a card to.
Hit me.
Tap
A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around.
Hit
To come up to bat.
Jones hit for the pitcher.
Tap
(dance) tap dance
Hit
(backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
Tap
The act of touching a touch screen.
Hit
To use; to connect to.
The external web servers hit DBSRV7, but the internal web server hits DBSRV3.
Tap
A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
Hit
To have sex with.
I'd hit that!
Tap
(military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
Hit
To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
Tap
(phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [
Hit
(of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
This is another great exercise which hits the long head.
Tap
An Indian malarial fever.
Hit
To work out
With that said, the group hitting their legs just once a week still made gains.
Tap
To furnish with taps.
If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!
Hit
A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
The hit was very slight.
Tap
To draw off liquid from a vessel.
He tapped a new barrel of beer.
Hit
Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
Tap
To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
Hit
An attack on a location, person or people.
Tap
To exploit.
Businesses are trying to tap the youth market.
Hit
A collision of a projectile with the target.
Tap
To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
They can't tap the phone without a warrant.
Hit
In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
Tap
To intercept a communication without authority.
He was known to tap cable television.
Hit
A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
Tap
(mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.
Hit
(Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
My site received twice as many hits after being listed in a search engine.
Tap
To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
Hit
An approximately correct answer in a test set.
Tap
(informal) To cadge, borrow or beg.
I tried to tap a cigarette off him, but he wouldn't give me one.
Hit
(baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth.
Tap
To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
Hit
(colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
Where am I going to get my next hit?
Tap
To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.
Trump interviewed Mueller for FBI job day before he was tapped for special counsel.
Hit
A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
Tap
To strike lightly.
She tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.
Hit
(dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
A happy hit
Tap
To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.
She tapped her companion on the back to indicate that she was ready to go.
Lydia tapped Jim on the shoulder to get his attention.
Hit
(backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
Tap
To make a sharp noise.
The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane.
Hit
(backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
Tap
(graphical user interface) To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
Hit
Very successful.
The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.
Tap
To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
Hit
(dialectal) It.
Tap
To have sexual intercourse with.
I would tap that hot girl over there.
I'd tap that.
Hit
It.
Tap
(combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
Hit
To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).
I think you have hit the mark.
Tap
To force (an opponent) to submit.
Hit
To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.
Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the notes right.
There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails with him.
Whose saintly visage is too brightTo hit the sense of human sight.
He scarcely hit my humor.
Tap
To put a new sole or heel on.
To tap shoes
Hit
To guess; to light upon or discover.
Tap
To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.
Hit
To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; - said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
Tap
To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
Hit
To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; - followed by against or on.
If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another?
Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on those bodies, become conjoined with them.
Tap
To strike a gentle blow.
Hit
To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, - often with implied chance, or luck.
And oft it hitsWhere hope is coldest and despair most fits.
And millions miss for one that hits.
Tap
To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, a keg of beer, etc.
Hit
A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
So he the famed Cilician fencer praised,And, at each hit, with wonder seems amazed.
Tap
Hence, to draw resources from (a reservoir) in any analogous way; as, to tap someone's knowledge of the Unix system; to tap the treasury.
Hit
A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit;
What late he called a blessing, now was wit,And God's good providence, a lucky hit.
Tap
To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
He has been tapping his liquors.
Hit
A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
Tap
To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut, a pipe, or tubing.
Hit
A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
Tap
To connect a listening device to (a telephone or telegraph line) secretly, for the purpose of hearing private conversations; also, to obtain or record (information) by tapping; - a technique used by law enforcement agencies investigating suspected criminals. In the United States it is illegal without a court order permitting it.
Hit
A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; - sometimes used specifically for a base hit.
Tap
A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
Hit
An act of murder performed for hire, esp. by a professional assassin.
Tap
A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
Hit
(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball);
He came all the way around on Williams' hit
Tap
A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, - usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
Hit
The act of contacting one thing with another;
Repeated hitting raised a large bruise
After three misses she finally got a hit
Tap
A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
Hit
A conspicuous success;
That song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career
That new Broadway show is a real smasher
The party went with a bang
Tap
A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
Hit
(physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together;
The collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction
Tap
Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
Hit
A dose of a narcotic drug
Tap
A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
Hit
A murder carried out by an underworld syndicate;
It has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit
Tap
A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
Hit
A connection made via the internet to another website;
WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide
Tap
The sound made by a gentle blow
Hit
Cause to move by striking;
Hit a ball
Tap
A faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
Hit
Hit against; come into sudden contact with;
The car hit a tree
He struck the table with his elbow
Tap
A gentle blow
Hit
Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely;
We were hit by really bad weather
He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager
The earthquake struck at midnight
Tap
A small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
Hit
Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument;
He hit her hard in the face
Tap
A tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
Hit
Reach a destination, either real or abstract;
We hit Detroit by noon
The water reached the doorstep
We barely made it to the finish line
I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts
Tap
A plug for a bunghole in a cask
Hit
Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level;
The thermometer hit 100 degrees
This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour
Tap
The act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
Hit
Hit with a missile from a weapon
Tap
A light touch or stroke
Hit
Cause to experience suddenly;
Panic struck me
An interesting idea hit her
A thought came to me
The thought struck terror in our minds
They were struck with fear
Tap
Cut a female screw thread with a tap
Hit
Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target;
The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939
We must strike the enemy's oil fields
In the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2
Tap
Draw from or dip into to get something;
Tap one's memory
Tap a source of money
Hit
Hit the intended target or goal
Tap
Strike lightly;
He tapped me on the shoulder
Hit
Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically;
The pianist strikes a middle C
Strike `z' on the keyboard
Her comments struck a sour note
Tap
Draw from; make good use of;
We must exploit the resources we are given wisely
Hit
Encounter by chance;
I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant
Tap
Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information;
The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy
Is this hotel room bugged?
Hit
Gain points in a game;
The home team scored many times
He hit a home run
He hit .300 in the past season
Tap
Furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it;
Tap a cask of wine
Hit
Consume to excess;
Hit the bottle
Tap
Make light, repeated taps on a surface;
He was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently
Hit
Kill intentionally and with premeditation;
The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
Tap
Walk with a tapping sound
Hit
Drive something violently into a location;
He hit his fist on the table
She struck her head on the low ceiling
Tap
Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes;
Glover tapdances better than anybody
Hit
Pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to;
He tries to hit on women in bars
Tap
Draw (liquor) from a tap;
Tap beer in a bar
Tap
Pierce in order to draw a liquid from;
Tap a maple tree for its syrup
Tap a keg of beer
Tap
Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;
Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities
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