Drum vs. Tombola

Drum vs. Tombola — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Drum and Tombola

Drumnoun

A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it; a membranophone.

Tombolanoun

A lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.

Drumnoun

Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.

Tombolanoun

a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum

Drumnoun

In particular, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.

The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.

Drumnoun

A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.

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Drumnoun

(architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola

Drumnoun

(architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar

Drumnoun

A drumfish.

Drumnoun

A person's home.

Drumnoun

A tip, a piece of information.

Drumnoun

A small hill or ridge of hills.

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Drumverb

(intransitive) To beat a drum.

Drumverb

(ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.

The ruffed grouse drums with his wings.

Drumverb

(transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.

He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.

Drumverb

To throb, as the heart.

Drumverb

To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.

Drumnoun

a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end

Drumnoun

the sound of a drum;

he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes

Drumnoun

a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

Drumnoun

a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids

Drumnoun

a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

Drumnoun

small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

Drumverb

make a rhythmic sound;

Rain drummed against the windshieldThe drums beat all night

Drumverb

play a percussion instrument

Drumverb

study intensively, as before an exam;

I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam