Tank vs Pit - What's the difference?
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A closed container for liquids or gases.
An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
The amount held by a container; a tankful.
An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
(Australian and Indian English) A reservoir or dam.
A large metal container, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.
By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
(slang) A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
(gaming, video games, online games) In online and offline role-playing games, a character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy with offensive power as a close secondary consideration.
To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
(video games) To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.
To put fuel into a tank
To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
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A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
A hole in the ground.
(motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
(music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
A mine.
(archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.
(trading) A trading pit.
Something particularly unpleasant.
The bottom part of.
(colloquial) Armpit, oxter.
(aviation) A luggage hold.
(countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
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The grave, or underworld.
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An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
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Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.
Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
To make pits in.
To put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.
To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
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(motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
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English
(wikipedia tank)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . In the sense of armoured vehicle, to disguise their nature, prototypes were described as tanks for carrying water (1915).Noun
(en noun)- I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York.
Synonyms
* (military fighting vehicle) battle tank, combat tank, armour (mass noun), tango (Canadian military slang)Derived terms
* antitank * battle tank * cavalry tank * combat tank * cruiser tank * empty the tank * fast tank * fish tank * flame tank * flamethrower tank * heavy tank * infantry tank * light tank * main battle tank * medium tank * tankbuster * tank destroyer * tank suit * tank top * tankette * tank farm * tankini * think tankHypernyms
* (military fighting vehicle) armoured fighting vehicle, armored fighting vehicle, AFV, armoured combat vehicle, armored combat vehicleHyponyms
* (military fighting vehicle) infantry tank (historical), cavalry tank (historical), fast tank (historical), cruiser tank (historical), tankette (historical), light tank, medium tank, heavy tank, main battle tank, MBT, flame tank, flamethrower tankCoordinate terms
* (military fighting vehicle) armoured car, armoured train, armoured personnel carrier, armored personnel carrier, APC, infantry fighting vehicle, IFV, self-propelled gun, tank destroyer, assault gunVerb
(en verb)- Beforehand, Swedish [national ice hockey team] coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson had ruminated about tanking against Slovakia to avoid powerful Canada or the Czechs in the quarters [i.e., quarterfinals of the 2006 Winter Olympic tournament], telling Swedish television, "One is cholera, the other the plague."
Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- (Simmonds)
Anagrams
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English
(wikipedia pit)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits' around two microns across. Such '''pits''' are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these ' pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}
- Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained.
- He keepeth back his soul from the pit .
- as fiercely as two gamecocks in the pit
Derived terms
* armpit * money pit * pit-eye * pit stopVerb
(pitt)- Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
- Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?
- For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Compare (l).Noun
(en noun)Verb
(pitt)- One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.