Tablespoon vs. Scoop — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Tablespoon and Scoop
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Tablespoon
A tablespoon is a large spoon. In many English-speaking regions, the term now refers to a large spoon used for serving; however, in some regions, it is the largest type of spoon used for eating.
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Scoop
A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep curved dish and a short handle
A flour scoop.
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Tablespoon
A large spoon for serving food.
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Scoop
A thick-handled cuplike utensil for dispensing balls of ice cream or other semisoft food, often having a sweeping band in the cup that is levered by the thumb to free the contents.
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Tablespoon
Abbr. T or tbs. or tbsp. A household cooking measure equal to 3 teaspoons, or 1/2 fluid ounce (15 milliliters). See Table at measurement.
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Scoop
A ladle; a dipper.
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Tablespoon
A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.
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Scoop
An implement for bailing water from a boat.
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Tablespoon
A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving.
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Scoop
A narrow, spoon-shaped instrument for surgical extraction in cavities or cysts.
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Tablespoon
(cooking) A unit of volume, the value of which varies regionally; in the US: three teaspoons or one half fluid ounce or roughly 15 ml; in Britain and Canada: exactly 15 ml; in Russia 18 ml; in Australia: four teaspoons or 20 ml.
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Scoop
A bucket or shovel of a dredge, backhoe, or other digging machine.
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Tablespoon
A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; - distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc.
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Scoop
The amount that any of these utensils, implements, or containers can hold
Ate two scoops of ice cream.
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Tablespoon
As much as a tablespoon will hold
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Scoop
A scooping movement or action
Made a nice scoop to catch the ball.
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Tablespoon
A spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving
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Scoop
An exclusive news story acquired by luck or initiative before a competitor.
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Scoop
Current information or details
What's the scoop on the new neighbors?.
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Scoop
A rounded, usually low-cut neckline, as on a blouse or dress. Also called scoop neck, scoop neckline.
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Scoop
A hollow area; a cavity.
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Scoop
An opening, as on the body of a motor vehicle, by which a fluid is directed inward
"The [sports car] has ... enough scoops and spoilers to get you a citation just standing still" (Mark Weinstein).
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Scoop
To take up and often reposition with a scoop
Scooped popcorn into a bag.
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Scoop
To hollow out by digging.
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Scoop
To pick up, gather, or collect swiftly and smoothly
Scoop up a handful of jelly beans.
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Scoop
(Informal) To top or outmaneuver (a competitor) in acquiring and publishing an important news story.
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Scoop
Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
She kept a scoop in the dog food.
An ice-cream scoop
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Scoop
The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
Use one scoop of coffee for each pot.
I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream.
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Scoop
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
With a quick scoop, she fished the frog out of the pond.
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Scoop
A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.
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Scoop
(automotive) An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
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Scoop
The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
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Scoop
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
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Scoop
A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
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Scoop
A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to scoop up patients.
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Scoop
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
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Scoop
(Scotland) The peak of a cap.
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Scoop
(pinball) A hole on the playfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another.
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Scoop
(surfing) The raised end of a surfboard.
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Scoop
A kind of floodlight with a reflector.
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Scoop
(transitive) To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.
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Scoop
(transitive) To make hollow; to dig out.
I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers.
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Scoop
(transitive) To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal.
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Scoop
To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
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Scoop
To pick (someone) up
You have a car. Can you come and scoop me?
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Scoop
A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
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Scoop
A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine.
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Scoop
A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
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Scoop
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
Some had lain in the scoop of the rock.
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Scoop
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
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Scoop
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
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Scoop
A quantity sufficient to fill a scoop; - used especially for ice cream, dispensed with an ice cream scoop; as, an ice cream cone with two scoops.
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Scoop
An act of reporting (news, research results) before a rival; also called a beat.
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Scoop
News or information; as, what's the scoop on John's divorce?.
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Scoop
To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
He scooped the water from the crystal flood.
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Scoop
To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
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Scoop
To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint.
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Scoop
To report a story first, before (a rival); to get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival); - used commonly in the passive; as, we were scooped. Also used in certain situations in scientific research, when one scientist or team of scientists reports their results before another who is working on the same problem.
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Scoop
The quantity a scoop will hold
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Scoop
A hollow concave shape made by removing something
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Scoop
A news report that is reported first by one news organization;
He got a scoop on the bribery of city officials
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Scoop
Street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
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Scoop
The shovel or bucket of dredge or backhoe
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Scoop
A large ladle;
He used a scoop to serve the ice cream
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Scoop
Take out or up with or as if with a scoop;
Scoop the sugar out of the container
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Scoop
Get the better of;
The goal was to best the competition
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