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Tan vs Tun - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between tan and tun

is that tan is to change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid.See Wikipedia article on Tanning. To work as a tanner while tun is to put into tuns, or casks.

As nouns the difference between tan and tun

is that tan is a yellowish-brown colour while tun is a large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.

As verbs the difference between tan and tun

is that tan is to change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun while tun is to put into tuns, or casks.

As an adjective tan

is of a yellowish-brown.

As a numeral tan

is the second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.See Wikipedia article on Yan Tan Tethera

As a proper noun Tan

is an English surname derived from the transliteration of various Asian surnames, particularly originating from China and Vietnam.

As an initialism TAN

is Total Acid Number, the measure of a lubricant's or crude oil's acidity.

tan

Translingual

(wikipedia tan)

Symbol

(head)
  • A symbol of the trigonometric function tangent.

    • Synonyms

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    tun

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
  • (brewing) A fermenting vat.
  • An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.
  • * 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , p. 205:
    • Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.
  • A weight of 2,240 pounds.
  • An indefinite large quantity.
    • "He therefore sends you, meeter for your spirit,
    This tun of treasure; and, in lieu of this, Desires you let the dukedoms that you claim Hear no more of you. " -- Shakespeare
  • * (rfdate) Dryden
    • A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ.
  • (archaic, humorous, or, derogatory) A drunkard.
  • (zoology) Any shell belonging to and allied genera; called also tun-shell.
  • A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.

    • Verb

  • To put into tuns, or casks.
    • (Boyle)

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