Rub vs. Tub — What's the Difference?

Apply firm pressure to the surface of (something), using a repeated back and forth motion

A wide, open, deep, typically round container with a flat bottom used for holding liquids, growing plants, etc.

(with reference to two things) move or cause to move to and fro against each other with a certain amount of friction

A short, broad boat that handles awkwardly

An act of rubbing

Plant in a tub

The central problem or difficulty in a situation

Wash or bathe in or as in a tub or bath

(in bowling) an uneven patch of ground that impedes or diverts a bowl.

An open, flat-bottomed vessel, usually round and typically wider than it is deep, used for washing, packing, or storing.

To apply pressure and friction to (a surface).

The amount that such a vessel can hold.

To clean, polish, or manipulate by the application of pressure and friction.

The contents of such a vessel.

To apply to a surface firmly and with friction

A bathtub.

To move (an object or objects) firmly along a surface, especially repeatedly

(Informal) A bath taken in a bathtub.

To cause to become worn, chafed, or irritated.

(Informal) A wide, clumsy, slow-moving boat.

To remove, erase, or expunge

A bucket used for conveying ore or coal up a mine shaft.

To exert pressure or friction on something.

A coal car used in a mine.

To wear or chafe with friction

To pack or store in a tub.

To cause irritation or annoyance.

To wash or bathe in a tub.

To move along in contact with a surface; graze or scrape.

To take a bath.

To be transferred or removed by contact or proximity

A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.

The act of rubbing.

The contents or capacity of such a vessel.

The application of friction and pressure

A bathtub.

A liniment or balm.

A slow-moving craft.

A seasoning made of ground spices and herbs, applied to the surface of meat, fish, or vegetables before cooking.

Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.

An unevenness on a surface.

A small cask.

An act or remark that annoys or hurts another.

Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).

A difficulty or obstacle

(mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.

An act of rubbing.

(obsolete) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.

A difficulty or problem.

(slang) A corpulent or obese person.

(archaic) A quip or sarcastic remark.

(transitive) To plant, set, or store in a tub.

In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.

(ambitransitive) To bathe in a tub.

Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.

An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, - used for various purposes.

A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.

The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc.

A loan.

Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., - often used jocosely or opprobriously.

(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.

A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.

(transitive) To rub something against (a second thing).

A small cask; as, a tub of gin.

(intransitive) To be rubbed against something.

A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; - so called by miners.

(transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.

To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.

(dated) To move or pass with difficulty.

To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.

To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.

A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body

To hinder; to cross; to thwart.

A large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

To touch the jack with the bowl.

The amount that a tub will hold;

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper.

To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground.

To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body.

To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.

To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; - often with up or over; as, to rub up silver.

To hinder; to cross; to thwart.

To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.

To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.

To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world.

The act of rubbing; friction.

That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch.

Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness.

Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub.

Imperfection; failing; fault.

A chance.

A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; - called also rubstone.

An unforeseen obstacle

The act of rubbing or wiping;

Move over something with pressure;

Cause friction;

Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching;