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Airtight vs Waterproof - What's the difference?

airtight | waterproof |

As adjectives the difference between airtight and waterproof

is that airtight is being impermeable to air or other gases while waterproof is unaffected by water.

As a verb waterproof is

to make waterproof or water-resistant.

As a noun waterproof is

a substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc, impervious to water.

airtight

English

Alternative forms

* air-tight * air tight

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being impermeable to air or other gases.
  • (figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws.
    • We have an airtight argument they won’t be able to punch holes in.
  • (figuratively, of a person) Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted.
  • * 1908 , The Plumbers Trade Journal , Plumbers’ Trade Journal Publishing Company, volume 44:
    • when Roger asked for $100 to take the preliminary steps to establish his claim, Mike yelled like a Hebrew auctioneer, for he was air-tight and squeezed a dollar until the woman on it yelled.
  • * 1915 April, Annals of Iowa , Historical Department of Iowa, series 3, volume 12, page 599:
    • He was ‘air-tight ,’ close-mouthed, and had but few confidants or intimate friends, but numerous acquaintances.

    Synonyms

    * (impermeable to air) hermetic

    Derived terms

    * airtighten * airtightness

    Related terms

    * watertight

    waterproof

    English

    (wikipedia waterproof)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unaffected by water.
  • Made of or covered with material that doesn't allow water in.
  • Incapable of failing; unassailable.
  • * 1931 , The British Clay Worker
    • The only waterproof plan and the one increasingly adopted by leading trades is the consolidation of the interests of all parties in a scheme of amalgamation.
  • * 2001 , W. A. M. van Dijk, J. L. Hovens, Netherlands. Koninklijke Marechaussee, Arresting war criminals
    • Especially within an international framework, guarding this process is of the utmost importance. The eyes of the world are focussed on the action at hand and demand a waterproof plan and execution.
  • * 2013 , Barry Davies, Soldier of Fortune Guide to How to Disappear and Never Be Found , Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. (ISBN 9781626365216)
    • Unless you have a 100 percent waterproof plan to defraud insurance companies, I would suggest you don&
  • 39;t do it.

    • See also

    * watertight

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make waterproof or water-resistant.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Yesterday’s fuel , passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc., impervious to water.
  • Cloth made waterproof, or any article made of such cloth, or of other waterproof material, as rubber; especially, an outer garment made of such material.
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