Tab vs Taw - What's the difference?
tab | taw |
A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, etc.
* 1993 , Irvine Welsh: Trainspotting , p 333:
(by extension, graphical user interface) A navigational widget for switching between sets of controls or documents.
(label) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
A fast march or run with full kit.
Mark with a tab.
(computing) To use the Tab key on a computer or typewriter to navigate the screen or page.
* 2010 , Chris Anderson, Pro Business Applications with Silverlight 4 (page 210)
Short for tabulate.
(informal) A restaurant bill.
(slang) Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar.
Short for tabulator.
(computing) A space character ((tab)) that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
(rfv-sense)(slang) A student of Cambridge University.
(label) A tabloid newspaper.
* 1999 , George H. Douglas,
* 2010 , Robert Lusetich,
(obsolete) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.
To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
Specifically, to turn (animals’ hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.
A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
ring-taw
(square dancing) dance partner
A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.
The twenty-second and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
As nouns the difference between tab and taw
is that tab is a key on computer keyboards while taw is (obsolete) tawed leather or taw can be a favorite marble in the game of marbles or taw can be the twenty-second and last letter of many semitic alphabets/abjads (phoenician, aramaic, hebrew, syriac, arabic and others).As a verb taw is
(obsolete) to prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge or taw can be to shoot a marble or taw can be to push; to tug; to tow.tab
English
Etymology 1
First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.Noun
(en noun)- He pulls off his belt, cursing as the studs catch in the tabs of his jeans.
Verb
- You can prevent a control from getting the focus when the user is tabbing between controls by settings its IsTabStop property to False.
Derived terms
* keep tabs on * tabbedEtymology 2
Apocopation (shortening) of tabulation.Noun
(en noun)- Put this round on my tab , will you, barman.
Derived terms
* pick up the tabEtymology 3
Likely to have been formed by clipping the Geordie pronunciation of the word or alternatively from the brand name Ogden's Tabs .References
*Etymology 4
Shortening of tablature.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 5
Derived from the Latin Cantabrigia (often shortened to Cantab.).Noun
Etymology 6
Noun
(en noun)The Golden Age of the Newspaper, p. 229:
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Anagrams
* * * * English clippings ----taw
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Related to (l) and (l).Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* tawseEtymology 2
.Noun
(en noun)- Walk around your corner, see-saw around your taw .
