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Reservoir vs Tunk - What's the difference?

reservoir | tunk |

As nouns the difference between reservoir and tunk

is that reservoir is reservoir while tunk is (card game) or tunk can be (uk|dialect|or|us|colloquial) a sharp blow; a thump.

reservoir

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts.
  • A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
  • A supply or source of something.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke
  • , title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}

    Derived terms

    * water reservoir * receiving reservoir * oil reservoir * petroleum reservoir

    tunk

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (card game)
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect, or, US, colloquial) A sharp blow; a thump.
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