Barrel vs. Keg

Difference Between Barrel and Keg

Barrelnoun

(countable) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

a cracker barrel

Kegnoun

A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.

Barrelnoun

The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.

Kegverb

(transitive) To store in a keg.

Barrelnoun

A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case

the barrel of a windlass;the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.

Kegnoun

the quantity contained in a keg

Barrelnoun

A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

Kegnoun

small cask or barrel

Barrelnoun

(archaic) A tube.

Barrelnoun

(zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.

Barrelnoun

(music) The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).

Barrelnoun

(surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.

Barrelnoun

A waste receptacle.

Throw it into the trash barrel.

Barrelnoun

The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.

Barrelnoun

(obsolete) A jar.

Barrelnoun

(biology) Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.