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Bunds vs Bonds - What's the difference?

bunds | bonds |

As verbs the difference between bunds and bonds

is that bunds is third-person singular of bund while bonds is third-person singular of bond.

As a noun bonds is

imprisonment, captivity.

bunds

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bund)
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    bund

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (term), from (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
    • 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]
  • (pond in which fish are stored for breeding).

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.
    • 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
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    bonds

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • imprisonment, captivity
  • the condition of goods in a bonded warehouse until duty is paid

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (bond)
    • ----