Cup vs Medal - What's the difference?
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A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
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, title= A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces, 1/16 of a US gallon, or 236.5882365 ml.
A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
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(golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
(US) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)
One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast, used as a measurement of size.
(mathematics) The symbol denoting union and similar operations (confer cap).
A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
(ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping'' the thrower; ''or those three players.
A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).
Anything shaped like a cup.
* Shenstone
(medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
* Bible, Matthew xxvi. 39
To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
To hold something in cupped hands.
(obsolete) To supply with cups of wine.
* Shakespeare
(transitive, surgery, archaic) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
(engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.
A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
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A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.
(sports, very, colloquial) To win a medal.
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As nouns the difference between cup and medal
is that cup is a concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle while medal is a stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.As verbs the difference between cup and medal
is that cup is to form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands while medal is to win a medal.cup
English
(wikipedia cup)Noun
(en noun)T time, passage=
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner.
- the cup of an acorn
- The cowslip's golden cup no more I see.
- O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.
Derived terms
* bra cup * coffee cup * cupcake * Cup Final * cuppa * cup size * egg cup, eggcup * teacup * world cupCoordinate terms
* mug * pannikinVerb
- Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.
- He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.
- Cup us, till the world go round.
- to cup the end of a screw
Anagrams
* * * 1000 English basic words ----medal
English
Noun
(en noun)- Whether their images, shrines, relics, consecrated things, holy water, medals , benedictions, those divine amulets, holy exorcisms, and the sign of the cross, be available in this disease?
Derived terms
* gold medal: a medal designed for first-place winners * silver medal: a medal designed for second-place winners * bronze medal: a medal designed for third-place winners * tea and medalsVerb
- "He medalled twice at the Olympics"
