Taut vs. Tense — What's the Difference?

A taut object is one under tension. Taut is also a surname, and may refer to: Bruno Taut (1880–1938), prolific German architect, urban planner and author Max Taut (1884–1967), German architectTaut may also refer to: Tauț, a commune in Arad County, Romania Tăut, a village in Batăr Commune, Bihor County, Romania Taut International, sports drink company acquired by A.G. BarrTAUT, an acronym, may refer to: Tramways and Urban Transit, a monthly magazine published in the UK The complement of the SAT-problem; testing if a formula is a tautology, known to be co-NP-complete.

Tightly stretched; taut.

Stretched or pulled tight; not slack

In a state of nervous tension or mental strain

Pulled or drawn tight; not slack.

Causing or characterized by nervous tension or mental strain

Flexed or not loose

(Linguistics) Enunciated with taut muscles, as the sound (ē) in keen.

Strained or tense

To make or become tense.

Kept in good order; trim

A property of verbs in which the time of the action or state, as well as its continuance or completion, is indicated or expressed.

Marked by the efficient, sparing, or concise use of something, such as language or detail

A category or set of verb forms that indicate or express the time, such as past, present, or future, of the action or state.

Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.

Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.

(of a body, muscles, etc.) Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body.

An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.

(of music, writing, etc.) Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled.

The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.

(figuratively) Experiencing anxiety or stress.

To apply a tense to.

Neat and well-disciplined; (by extension) efficient and in order.

(transitive) To make tense.

(oenology) Strong; uncompromising.

(intransitive) To become tense.

(transitive) To make taut; to tauten, to tighten.

Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.

Tight; stretched; not slack; - said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.

Pulled taut, without any slack.

Snug; close; firm; secure.

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.

Pulled or drawn tight;

Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.

Subjected to great tension; stretched tight;

A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

Stretch or force to the limit;

Increase the tension on;

Become tense or tenser;

Make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;

In or of a state of physical or nervous tension

Pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

Taut or rigid; stretched tight;