Tank vs. Vat

Tank vs. Vat — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Tank and Vat

Tanknoun

A closed container for liquids or gases.

Vatnoun

A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.

Tanknoun

An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.

Vatnoun

A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.

Tanknoun

A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.

Vatnoun

(Roman Catholic) A vessel for holding holy water.

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Tanknoun

The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.

Vatnoun

(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. (The old Dutch grain vat averaged 0.762 Winchester bushel. The old London coal vat contained 9 bushels. The solid-measurement vat of Amsterdam contains 40 cubic feet; the wine vat, 241.57 imperial gallons, and the vat for olive oil, 225.45 imperial gallons.)

Tanknoun

The amount held by a container; a tankful.

I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York.

Vatverb

(transitive) To put into a vat.

Tanknoun

An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.

Vatverb

(transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.

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Tanknoun

(Australian and Indian English) A reservoir or dam.

Vatnoun

a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production

Tanknoun

A large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.

Vatnoun

a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

Tanknoun

By extension a small pond for the same purpose.

Tanknoun

(slang) A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.

Tanknoun

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)

Tanknoun

A prison cell, or prison generally.

Tankverb

To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.

Tankverb

(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.

Tankverb

(transitive) To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.

Tankverb

To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.

Tankverb

(fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.

Tanknoun

an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads

Tanknoun

a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids

Tanknoun

as much as a tank will hold

Tanknoun

a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk

Tanknoun

a cell for violent prisoners

Tankverb

store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it

Tankverb

treat in a tank;

tank animal refuse