Tub vs. Tun — What's the Difference?

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

A large beer or wine cask.

A short, broad boat that handles awkwardly

An imperial measure of capacity, equal to 4 hogsheads.

Plant in a tub

A large marine mollusc which has a rounded shell with broad spirals.

Wash or bathe in or as in a tub or bath

Store (wine or other alcoholic drinks) in a tun.

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

A large cask for liquids, especially wine.

The amount that such a vessel can hold.

A measure of liquid capacity, especially one equivalent to approximately 252 gallons (954 liters).

The contents of such a vessel.

A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)

A bathtub.

(brewing) A fermenting vat.

(Informal) A bath taken in a bathtub.

(historical) A traditional unit of liquid measure equal to 252 wine gallons or 2 pipes.

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

Synonym of long ton: a unit of mass equal to 2240 pounds, 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.

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

(figurative) ton: any extremely or excessively large amount.

A coal car used in a mine.

Synonym of drunkard: a person who drinks excessively.

To pack or store in a tub.

Any shell belonging to Tonna and allied genera.

To wash or bathe in a tub.

The cryptobiotic state of a tardigrade, when its metabolism is temporarily suspended.

To take a bath.

A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.

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

(transitive) To put into tuns, or casks.

The contents or capacity of such a vessel.

A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.

A bathtub.

A fermenting vat.

A slow-moving craft.

A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity.

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

A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.

A small cask.

An indefinite large quantity.

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

A drunkard; - so called humorously, or in contempt.

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

Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; - called also tun-shell.

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

To put into tuns, or casks.

(slang) A corpulent or obese person.

A large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals

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

(ambitransitive) To bathe in a 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.

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.

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

A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.

A small cask; as, a tub of gin.

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

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

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

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

A large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

The amount that a tub will hold;