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Tank vs. Tub — What's the Difference?

Tank vs. Tub — What's the Difference?

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Tank

A tank is an armored fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armor, and good battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engine; usually their main armament is mounted in a turret.

Tub

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

Tank

A large, often metallic container for holding or storing liquids or gases.

Tub

A short, broad boat that handles awkwardly
The old tub's in need of a refit

Tank

The amount that this container can hold
Buy a tank of gas.
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Tub

Plant in a tub
Tubbed fruit trees

Tank

A usually artificial pool, pond, reservoir, or cistern, especially one used to hold water for drinking or for irrigation.

Tub

Wash or bathe in or as in a tub or bath
Even your formal evening gown can be tubbed

Tank

A usually glass-walled container in which live fish, reptiles, or other animals are kept.

Tub

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

Tank

An enclosed, heavily armored combat vehicle that is armed with cannon and machine guns and moves on continuous tracks.

Tub

The amount that such a vessel can hold.

Tank

A tank top.

Tub

The contents of such a vessel.

Tank

(Slang) A jail or jail cell.

Tub

A bathtub.

Tank

To place, store, or process in a tank.

Tub

(Informal) A bath taken in a bathtub.

Tank

(Informal) To suffer a sudden decline or failure
The stock market tanked yesterday.

Tub

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

Tank

A closed container for liquids or gases.

Tub

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

Tank

An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.

Tub

A coal car used in a mine.

Tank

A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.

Tub

To pack or store in a tub.

Tank

The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.

Tub

To wash or bathe in a tub.

Tank

The amount held by a container; a tankful.
I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York.

Tub

To take a bath.

Tank

An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun, and moving on caterpillar tracks.

Tub

A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.

Tank

A reservoir or dam.

Tub

The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
She added a tub of margarine to the stew.

Tank

A large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.

Tub

A bathtub.

Tank

By extension a small pond for the same purpose.

Tub

A slow-moving craft.

Tank

(slang) A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.

Tub

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

Tank

A unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).

Tub

A small cask.
A tub of gin

Tank

A prison cell, or prison generally.

Tub

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

Tank

A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.

Tub

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

Tank

(rail) nodot=1 and tank locomotive.

Tub

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

Tank

To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.

Tub

(slang) A corpulent or obese person.

Tank

(video games) To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.

Tub

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

Tank

(transitive) To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.

Tub

(ambitransitive) To bathe in a tub.

Tank

To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.

Tub

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.

Tank

(fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.

Tub

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.

Tank

To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.

Tub

Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., - often used jocosely or opprobriously.
All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.

Tank

To stand; to tolerate.

Tub

A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.

Tank

A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

Tub

A small cask; as, a tub of gin.

Tank

A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.

Tub

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

Tank

A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.
We stood in the afterglow on the bank of the tank and saw the ducks come home.
The tanks are full and the grass is high.

Tub

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

Tank

A heavily armored combat vehicle which moves on caterpillar treads, rather than wheels. It typically carries a cannon and a heavy machine, and sometimes other weapons. It is the main distinguishing weapon of an armored division.

Tub

To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.
Don't we all tub in England ?

Tank

A jail cell for temporarily holding prisoners, as in a police station.

Tub

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

Tank

An enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads

Tub

A large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

Tank

A large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids

Tub

The amount that a tub will hold;
A tub of water

Tank

As much as a tank will hold

Tank

A freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk

Tank

A cell for violent prisoners

Tank

Store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it

Tank

Treat in a tank;
Tank animal refuse

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