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Capsule vs Tub - What's the difference?

capsule | tub |

As verbs the difference between capsule and tub

is that capsule is while tub is to plant, set, or store in a tub.

As a noun tub is

a flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.

capsule

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physiology) A membranous envelope.
  • (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
  • (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
  • *
    • The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis'', with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in ''Frullania spp.
  • A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
  • (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
  • (dialectal, UK, Suffolk) A weasel.
  • (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
  • * 1962 , :
    • If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.
  • (winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
  • (chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
  • A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
  • A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.

    • Derived terms

    * capsular * capsule review * Glissonian capsule

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    tub

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
    • He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.
  • The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
    • He added a tub of margarine to the stew.
  • A bathtub.
  • (nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
  • (humorous, or, derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
  • * South
    • All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs , in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.
  • A small cask.
    • a tub of gin
  • Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
  • (mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
  • (obsolete) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (slang) A corpulent or obese person.
    • Lars': You ready to help take down Gizmo?
    '''Vault Dweller''': You bet. Let's nail that '     tub     . [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/LARS.MSG]

    Derived terms

    * bathtub * hot tub * tubby

    Verb

    (tubb)
  • To plant, set, or store in a tub.
    • to tub a plant
  • To bathe.
  • * London Spectator
    • Don't we all tub in England?

    External links

    * (wikipedia "tub")

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