tupan

As nouns the difference between tupan and tupman

is that tupan is a large double-headed drum, played with mallets while tupman is (uk|dialect) a man who breeds, or deals in, tups.

As nouns the difference between tucan and tupan

is that tucan is the hispid pocket gopher (species: Orthogeomys hispidus) while tupan is a large double-headed drum, played with mallets.

As nouns the difference between mallet and tupan

is that mallet is a type of articulated locomotive, in which there are two powered trucks, with the rear truck being rigidly attached to the main body and boiler of the locomotive, while the front powered truck is attached to the rear by a hinge, so that it may swing from side to side, and with the front end of the boiler resting upon a sliding bearing on the swinging front truck while tupan is a large double-headed drum, played with mallets.

As a proper noun mallet

is (cryptography) often the malicious party in examples of threat scenarios (synonym: mallory) see (alice and bob).

As nouns the difference between drum and tupan

is that drum is a percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it while tupan is a large double-headed drum, played with mallets.

As a verb drum

is to beat a drum.