Continental vs Tin - What's the difference?
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Of or relating to a continent or continents.
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*(Henry Hallam) (1777-1859)
*:No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances.
In the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands.
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Characteristic of the style of continental Europe, as opposed to British.
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*:“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.
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Someone from "the continent".
(US History) A member of the Continental army.
(US History) Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war (hence the expression "not worth a continental")
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(uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
(NZ, British, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.
(countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.
(countable, squash) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
(slang, dated, uncountable) money
Made of tin.
Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.
* 1939 , George Orwell, "Coming up for Air", London: Victor Gollancz.
To place into a tin in order to preserve.
To cover with tin.
To coat with solder in preparation for soldering.
As an adjective continental
is of or relating to a continent or continents.As a noun continental
is someone from "the continent".As a proper noun tin is
.continental
English
(wikipedia continental)Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands ): mainland * (characteristic of the style of continental Europe ) EuropeanAntonyms
* (characteristic of the style of continental Europe ): British, EnglishDerived terms
* continental breakfast * continental drift * continental plate * continental quilt * continental shelf * continental slopeNoun
(en noun)tin
English
(wikipedia tin)Noun
- muffin tin
- roasting tin
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Synonyms
* (airtight container) can (especially US), tin canDerived terms
* alpha tin * beta tin * gray tin, grey tin * indium tin oxide * lead-tin * organotin * tetraethyl tin, tetraethyltin * tetraphenyl tin, tetraphenyltin * tin bath * tin can * tin chloride * tin cry * tin dichloride * tin dioxide * tin disease * tin foil * tin Lizzie * tin man * tin oxide * tin pentachloride * tin pest * tin protochloride * tin salt * tin snips * tin tabernacle * tin tetrachloride * tin tetraethyl * tin tetraphenyl * tin-plate * tin-plated * tin-white cobalt * tinnie * tinny * tributyl tin, tributyltin * trimethyl tin, trimethyltin * (do) what it says on the tin * white tinAdjective
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- 133;] in fact he was a big noise, literally, in the Baptist Chapel, known locally as the Tin Tab[ernacle] - whereas my family were 'church' and Uncle Ezekiel was an infidel at that.
