Tank vs. Vat

Tank and Vat Definitions
Tank
A large, often metallic container for holding or storing liquids or gases.
Vat
A large vessel, such as a tub, cistern, or barrel, used to hold or store liquids.
Tank
The amount that this container can hold
Buy a tank of gas.
Vat
To put into or treat in a vat.
Tank
A usually artificial pool, pond, reservoir, or cistern, especially one used to hold water for drinking or for irrigation.
Vat
A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
A vat of liquid
A vat of acid
A vat of wine
A vat of olives
A vat of fat
A vat of glue
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Tank
A usually glass-walled container in which live fish, reptiles, or other animals are kept.
Vat
A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
Tank
An enclosed, heavily armored combat vehicle that is armed with cannon and machine guns and moves on continuous tracks.
Vat
(Roman Catholic) A vessel for holding holy water.
Tank
A tank top.
Vat
(dated) A liquid measure and dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectolitre of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
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Tank
(Slang) A jail or jail cell.
Vat
(transitive) To put into a vat.
Tank
To place, store, or process in a tank.
Vat
(transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.
Tank
(Informal) To suffer a sudden decline or failure
The stock market tanked yesterday.
Vat
A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding liquors in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like.
Let him produce his vats and tubs, in opposition to heaps of arms and standards.
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Tank
A closed container for liquids or gases.
Vat
A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
Tank
An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
Vat
A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.
Tank
A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.
Vat
A vessel for holding holy water.
Tank
The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
Vat
To put or transfer into a vat.
Tank
The amount held by a container; a tankful.
I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York.
Vat
A tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
Tank
An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
Vat
A large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
Tank
A reservoir or dam.
Tank
A large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.
Tank
By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
Tank
(slang) A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
Tank
A unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).
Tank
A prison cell, or prison generally.
Tank
A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
Tank
(rail) nodot=1 and tank locomotive.
Tank
To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
Tank
(video games) To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.
Tank
(transitive) To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
Tank
To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
Tank
(fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
Tank
To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
Tank
To stand; to tolerate.
Tank
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
Tank
A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
Tank
A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.
We stood in the afterglow on the bank of the tank and saw the ducks come home.
The tanks are full and the grass is high.
Tank
A heavily armored combat vehicle which moves on caterpillar treads, rather than wheels. It typically carries a cannon and a heavy machine, and sometimes other weapons. It is the main distinguishing weapon of an armored division.
Tank
A jail cell for temporarily holding prisoners, as in a police station.
Tank
An enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
Tank
A large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids
Tank
As much as a tank will hold
Tank
A freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk
Tank
A cell for violent prisoners
Tank
Store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
Tank
Treat in a tank;
Tank animal refuse