Doubles vs Triple - What's the difference?
doubles | triple |
English plurals
(sports, plurale tantum) a game between pairs of players
(campanology, plurale tantum) bell changes rung on five bells
A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.
(double)
Made up of three related elements, often matching
Three times the quantity
Designed for three users
Folded in three; composed of three layers
Having three aspects; very ambiguous.
(music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
(obsolete) One of three; third.
(informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
(US) A hamburger with three patties.
(baseball) A three-base hit
(curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
(mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
To multiply by three
(baseball) To get a three-base hit
To become three times as large
To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
* 1982 , Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench (volume 157, number 1, page 106, January 1982)
* 2011 , Mel LeCompte, The Tee Cotton Bowl
As nouns the difference between doubles and triple
is that doubles is while triple is hat trick.As a verb triple is
.doubles
English
Noun
(head)- Seeing as we've got four people, let's play doubles .
- A quarter peal of plain bob doubles was rung.
Derived terms
* mixed doublesVerb
(head)- The population doubles every ten minutes.
Anagrams
* ----triple
English
(wikipedia triple)Adjective
(-)- The triple markings on this vase are quite unique.
- Give me a triple serving of mashed potatoes.
- a triple room
- a triple meaning
- (Shakespeare)
Noun
(en noun)- I've had a hard day, make that a triple .
- I'd like a triple with cheese.
- The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.
Derived terms
* triplestoreVerb
(tripl)- The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.
- The batter tripled into the gap.
- Our earnings have tripled in the last year.
- Radio Shack's All-Purpose Crimper/Cutter ($9.95) doubles as a wire stripper and triples as a bolt cutter.
- Examination rooms contain shelves overstuffed with football helmets, autographed equipment and even rugby gear. If the office doubles as a mini-museum, it also triples as a minichapel.