Bund vs Bunn - What's the difference?
bund | bunn |
A secondary enclosure, typically consisting of a wall or berm, which surrounds a tank or fluid-handling mechanism, intended to contain any spills or leaks.
(pond in which fish are stored for breeding).
To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.
(sweetened bread roll)
* 1816 , Joshua E. White, Letters on England
* 1856 , Lucius Manlius Sargent, Dealings with the Dead (volume 2, page 472)
As nouns the difference between bund and bunn
is that bund is alliance or bund can be a bunch while bunn is (sweetened bread roll).As a proper noun bund
is confederation of german states.bund
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) (term), from (etyl).Noun
(en noun)- The most important of these [secondary containment] provisions are bunds''', which are enclosures capable of holding liquids that may escape from the vessels and pipes within the '''bund wall. — Second progress report on the Buncefield investigation [http://www.buncefieldinvestigation.gov.uk/reports/report2.pdf]
Verb
(en verb)- Plant room floors are generally bunded and/or waterproofed to contain any leaks or spillages of liquids and fluids from faulty tanks, plant or pipe work.
RIW Ltd. Waterproofing Products
bunn
English
Noun
(en noun)- Such is the general hurry and confusion in the principal streets, such as Castle Street, Lord Street, Pool Lane, Paradise Street, &c. that often passengers take up a bunn , a cake, or some fruit, as they pass the shop of a confectioner or fruit-seller, without stopping, and throw in the pay without inquiring the price.
- "Oh," she replied, "when I came to think of it, I saw, that you were right. I thought, 'twas quite likely it would draw a blank. Crust, the baker, offered me what I gave for it, and a sheet of bunns , to boot, and I let him have it, three weeks ago.