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Tin vs Tun - What's the difference?

tin | tun |


As a proper noun tin

is .

As a noun tun is

doing, deeds, behaviour.

Tan vs Tun - What's the difference?

tan | tun |


In transitive terms the difference between tan and tun

is that tan is to change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid.See Wikipedia article on Tanning. To work as a tanner while tun is to put into tuns, or casks.

As nouns the difference between tan and tun

is that tan is a yellowish-brown colour while tun is a large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.

As verbs the difference between tan and tun

is that tan is to change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun while tun is to put into tuns, or casks.

As an adjective tan

is of a yellowish-brown.

As a numeral tan

is the second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.See Wikipedia article on Yan Tan Tethera

As a proper noun Tan

is an English surname derived from the transliteration of various Asian surnames, particularly originating from China and Vietnam.

As an initialism TAN

is Total Acid Number, the measure of a lubricant's or crude oil's acidity.

Ten vs Tun - What's the difference?

ten | tun |


As nouns the difference between ten and tun

is that ten is the number following nine while tun is a large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.

As a numeral ten

is a numerical value equal to 10; the number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Roman numerals as X, in Arabic numerals (and base ten) as 10, and in the hexadecimal system (base 16) as A.

As a verb tun is

to put into tuns, or casks.

Sun vs Tun - What's the difference?

sun | tun |


As a noun tun is

doing, deeds, behaviour.

Taxonomy vs Tun - What's the difference?

taxonomy | tun |


As nouns the difference between taxonomy and tun

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while tun is doing, deeds, behaviour.

Dog vs Tun - What's the difference?

dog | tun |


As nouns the difference between dog and tun

is that dog is a mammal, canis lupus familiaris , that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding while tun is doing, deeds, behaviour.

As a verb dog

is to pursue with the intent to catch.

Tun vs Butlerage - What's the difference?

tun | butlerage |


As nouns the difference between tun and butlerage

is that tun is doing, deeds, behaviour while butlerage is (legal|archaic) a duty formerly paid to the king's butler on every tun of wine imported into england by foreign merchants.

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