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Container vs Tanker - What's the difference?

container | tanker |

As a noun container

is a big container made of metal.

As a verb tanker is

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container

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
  • A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods (also cargo container).
  • (by extension) someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
  • (computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.
  • * 2011 , Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey, Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools (page 187)
    • As the MP4 container can store audio, video, or both, the M4A naming and file extension is used to hint that this MP4 container holds solely audio information.
  • (computing, GUI) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.

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    tanker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.
  • A tank truck (US) or fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker (UK)
  • (military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
  • A longboard.
    • I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip

    Synonyms

    * (military) tankman, tankist * (military) trooper, crewman, armoured soldier, armored soldier * (military) zipperhead (Canadian military slang)

    Derived terms

    * oil tanker * petrol tanker Truck with a container for transporting fuel.