Tumbler vs. Cup
Difference Between Tumbler and Cup
Tumblernoun
(archaic) One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.
Cupnoun
A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
Pour the tea into the cup.Tumblernoun
A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
Cupnoun
The contents of said vessel; a cupful.
I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.Tumblernoun
A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.
Cupnoun
A customary unit of measure
Tumblernoun
A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
Cupnoun
(US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (1/16 of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
Tumblernoun
A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish his measure.
Cupnoun
(Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (1/20 imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
Tumblernoun
A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
Cupnoun
A British unit of measure equal to 0.5 imperial pints (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300mL.
Tumblernoun
A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
Cupnoun
A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.Tumblernoun
(obsolete) A dog of a breed that tumbles when pursuing game, formerly used in hunting rabbits.
Cupnoun
A contest for which a cup is awarded.
The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.Tumblernoun
A kind of cart; a tumbril.
Cupnoun
(association football) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
Tumblernoun
The pupa of a mosquito.
Cupnoun
(golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
The ball just misses the cup.Tumblernoun
One of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms.
Cupnoun
(in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
cider cup; gin cup; claret cupTumblernoun
(obsolete) A porpoise.
Cupnoun
A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)
Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.Tumblernoun
(cryptocurrency) A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail.
Cupnoun
One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast, used as a measurement of size.
The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.Tumblernoun
a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
Cupnoun
(mathematics) The symbol denoting union and similar operations (confer cap).
Tumblernoun
a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
Cupnoun
A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
Tumblernoun
a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown
Cupnoun
(ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
Tumblernoun
pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
Cupnoun
A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).
Cupnoun
Anything shaped like a cup.
the cup of an acornCupnoun
A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
Cupnoun
That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
Cupverb
(transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.Cupverb
(transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.
He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.Cupverb
To supply with cups of wine.
Cupverb
To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
Cupverb
To make concave or in the form of a cup.
to cup the end of a screwCupnoun
a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
Cupnoun
the quantity a cup will hold;
he drank a cup of coffeehe borrowed a cup of sugarCupnoun
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle;
he put the cup back in the saucerthe handle of the cup was missingCupnoun
a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition;
the school kept the cups is a special glass caseCupnoun
any cup-shaped concavity;
bees filled the waxen cups with honeyhe wore a jock strap with a metal cupthe cup of her braCupnoun
the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green;
he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled awayput the flag back in the cupCupnoun
a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
Cupnoun
cup-shaped plant organ
Cupverb
form into the shape of a cup;
She cupped her handsCupverb
put into a cup;
cup the milkCupverb
treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
