Tee vs. Tea — What's the Difference?

A tee is a stand used in sport to support and elevate a stationary ball prior to striking with a foot, club or bat. Tees are used extensively in golf, tee-ball, baseball, American football, and rugby.

Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to China and East Asia. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world.

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A hot drink made by infusing the dried crushed leaves of the tea plant in boiling water

A cleared space on a golf course, from which the ball is struck at the beginning of play for each hole

The evergreen shrub or small tree which produces tea leaves, native to southern and eastern Asia and grown as a major cash crop.

A mark aimed at in bowls, quoits, curling, and other similar games.

A light afternoon meal consisting typically of tea to drink, sandwiches, and cakes

A T-shirt.

Drink tea or take afternoon tea

Place the ball on a tee ready to make the first stroke of the round or hole

An evergreen shrub or small tree (Camellia sinensis) native to Asia, having fragrant, nodding, cup-shaped white flowers and glossy leaves.

The letter t.

The young, dried leaves of this plant, prepared by various processes and used to make a beverage, usually served hot.

Something shaped like a T.

An aromatic, slightly bitter beverage made by steeping tea leaves in boiling water.

(Informal) A T-shirt.

Any of various plants, such as New Jersey tea, having leaves that are or were formerly used to make a tealike beverage.

Sports & Games A mark aimed at in certain games, such as curling or quoits.

Any of various beverages made by steeping the leaves, flowers, fruits, or other parts of certain plants

A small peg with a concave top for holding a golf ball for an initial drive.

Any of various beverages made by extracting an infusion from meat, especially beef.

The designated area of each golf hole from which a player makes the first stroke.

A tea rose.

A device used to stand a football on end for a kickoff.

An afternoon refreshment consisting usually of sandwiches and cakes served with tea.

A shaft with a concave top attached to a flat base, used to hold the ball in T-ball.

High tea.

To place (a ball) on a tee. Often used with up.

An afternoon reception or social gathering at which tea is served.

Something shaped like the letter T.

(Slang) Marijuana.

(clothing) T-shirt.

(uncountable) The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (countable) a variety of this plant.

(golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.

(uncountable) The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; (countable) a variety of such leaves.

(sports) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.

(uncountable) The drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water.

(curling) The target area of a curling rink

(uncountable) Any similar drink made by infusing parts of various other plants.

The mark at which players aim in quoits.

Meat stock served as a hot drink.

(golf) To place a ball on a tee

A cup or glass of any of these drinks, often with milk, sugar, lemon, and/or tapioca pearls.

The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.

A light midafternoon meal, typically but not necessarily including tea.

A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line; - so called because it resembles the letter T in shape.

Syn of supper, the main evening meal, whether or not it includes tea.

The letter T, t; also, something shaped like, or resembling in form, the letter T.

(cricket) The break in play between the second and third sessions.

To place (the ball) on a tee; also called to tee up.

Syn of marijuana.

The starting place for each hole on a golf course;

Information, especially gossip.

Support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff

A moment, a historical unit of time from China, about the amount of time needed to quickly drink a traditional cup of tea. It is now found in Chinese-language historical fiction.

A short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground

To drink tea.

Place on a tee;

To take afternoon tea (the light meal).

Connect with a tee;

To give tea.

The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea Chinensis or Camellia Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries.

A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage.

Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea.

The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper.

To take or drink tea.

A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water;

A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes;

Dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea;

A reception or party at which tea is served;

A tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves;