Tablet vs Tabloid - What's the difference?
tablet | tabloid |
A slab of clay used for inscription.
(religion) A short scripture written by the founders of the Bahá'í faith.
A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance.
(computing) A graphics tablet.
(computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
(Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter.
To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.
(publishing) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format, especially one that favours stories of a sensational nature over more serious news.
In the format of a .
Relating to a tabloid or tabloids.
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As nouns the difference between tablet and tabloid
is that tablet is a slab of clay used for inscription while tabloid is a newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format, especially one that favours stories of a sensational nature over more serious news.As a verb tablet
is to form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.As an adjective tabloid is
in the format of a tabloid.tablet
English
Noun
(en noun)- Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.
See also
* caplet * capsuleVerb
Anagrams
* ----tabloid
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* scandal sheet, tab (colloquial), yellow pressAntonyms
* broadsheetAdjective
(-)Snakes and ladders, passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.}}