Tab vs. Tub
Difference Between Tab and Tub
Tabnoun
A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, etc.
Tubnoun
A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.Tabnoun
(slang) An ear.
Tubnoun
The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
He added a tub of margarine to the stew.Tabnoun
A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
Tubnoun
A bathtub.
Tabnoun
(GUI) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.
How many tabs are open in your Web browser?Tubnoun
A slow-moving craft.
Tabnoun
(informal) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
Tubnoun
Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
Tabnoun
A fast march or run with full kit.
Tubnoun
A small cask.
a tub of ginTabnoun
A restaurant bill.
Tubnoun
Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
Tabnoun
Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate
Put this round on my tab, will you, barman.Tubnoun
(mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
Tabnoun
(computing) A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
Tubnoun
(obsolete) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
Tabnoun
cigarette.
Giv'is a tab man!Tubnoun
(slang) A corpulent or obese person.
Tabnoun
A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
Tubverb
(transitive) To plant, set, or store in a tub.
to tub a plantTabnoun
(British slang) A student of Cambridge University.
Tubverb
(ambitransitive) To bathe in a tub.
Tabnoun
(colloquial) A tabloid newspaper.
Tubnoun
a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
Tabverb
To affix with tabs; to label.
Tubnoun
a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
Tabverb
(computing) To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage.
Tubnoun
the amount that a tub will hold;
a tub of waterTabnoun
the bill in a restaurant;
he asked the waiter for the checkTabnoun
sensationalist journalism
Tabnoun
the key on an electric typewriter that causes a tabulation
Tabnoun
a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it;
pull the tab to open the canfiles with a red tab will be stored separatelythe collar has a tab with a button holeTabnoun
a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
