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Pond vs Tank - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between pond and tank

is that pond is an inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake while tank is a closed container for liquids or gases.

As verbs the difference between pond and tank

is that pond is to block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam while tank is to fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.

As a proper noun Pond

is {{surname|lang=en}.

pond

English

(wikipedia pond)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
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  • *:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds , and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
  • (lb) The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.
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    • Derived terms

    * across the pond * ducks on the pond * Leftpondia * pondian * Rightpondia

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
  • * 2004 , Calvin W. Rose, An Introduction to the Environmental Physics of Soil, Water and Watersheds [http://books.google.com/books?id=TxCQ-DaSIwUC], ISBN 0521536790, page 201:
    • The rate of fall of the surface of water ponded over the soil within the ring gives a measure of the infiltration rate for the particular enclosed area.
  • To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
  • (obsolete) To ponder.
  • * Spenser
    • Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint.

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    tank

    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)
  • 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.
    • I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York.
  • 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.
    • 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 tank
    Hypernyms
    * (military fighting vehicle) armoured fighting vehicle, armored fighting vehicle, AFV, armoured combat vehicle, armored combat vehicle
    Hyponyms
    * (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 tank
    Coordinate 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 gun

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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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    • 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)
  • A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
  • A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
    • (Simmonds)
    (Webster 1913)

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