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Keg vs Tub - What's the difference?

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Keg is a related term of tub.


As nouns the difference between keg and tub

is that keg is a round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer while tub is a flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.

As verbs the difference between keg and tub

is that keg is to store in a keg while tub is to plant, set, or store in a tub.

keg

English

(wikipedia keg)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
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    • Synonyms

    * barrel

    Derived terms

    * keg stand

    Verb

  • To store in a keg.
  • * 2011 , Carla Kelly, Coming Home for Christmas (page 116)
    • He gestured toward the empty chair and the other officers began passing him their kegged beef and ship's biscuit.
  • * 2015 , Randy Mosher, Mastering Homebrew (page 228)
    • Many of us get impatient with the tedium of bottling after a year or two and start thinking about kegging our beers instead.

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    tub

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
    • He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.
  • The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
    • He added a tub of margarine to the stew.
  • A bathtub.
  • (nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
  • (humorous, or, derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
  • * South
    • All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs , in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.
  • A small cask.
    • a tub of gin
  • Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
  • (mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
  • (obsolete) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (slang) A corpulent or obese person.
    • Lars': You ready to help take down Gizmo?
    '''Vault Dweller''': You bet. Let's nail that '     tub     . [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/LARS.MSG]

    Derived terms

    * bathtub * hot tub * tubby

    Verb

    (tubb)
  • To plant, set, or store in a tub.
    • to tub a plant
  • To bathe.
  • * London Spectator
    • Don't we all tub in England?

    External links

    * (wikipedia "tub")

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