Tap vs Use - What's the difference?
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A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
A device used to dispense liquids.
Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
(mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
An interception of communication by authority.
To furnish with taps.
To draw off liquid from a vessel.
To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
To intercept a communication without authority.
(mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
To strike lightly.
To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
To make a sharp noise.
To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
(slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
(combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
(combat sports) To force (an opponent) to submit.
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To put a new sole or heel on.
A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
(computing) The act of touching a touch screen.
A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel; a heeltap.
(military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
The act of using.
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* Milton
* Alexander Pope
A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
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(obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,
* Jeremy Taylor
(archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
* Spenser
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
* Shakespeare
(religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
* Book of Common Prayer
(forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
(archaic) To accustom; to habituate.
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*(John Milton) (1608–1674)
*:Thou with thy compeers, / Used to the yoke, draw'st his triumphant wheels.
To employ; to apply; to utilize.
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To exploit.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
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*(John Milton) (1608–1674)
*:How wouldst thou use me now?
*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)
*:Cato has used me ill.
To habitually do; to be wont to do.
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*:Use hospitality one to another.
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(past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
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As nouns the difference between tap and use
is that tap is a tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot while use is the act of using.As verbs the difference between tap and use
is that tap is to furnish with taps while use is to accustom; to habituate.As an initialism TAP
is initialism of lang=en.tap
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , from the noun.Noun
(en noun)- We don't have bottled water; you'll have to get it from the tap .
- a liquor of the same tap
- We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread.
- The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length.
Derived terms
* taproom * taproot * tap waterSynonyms
* (device to dispense liquid) faucet, handle, spigot, spoutVerb
(tapp)- He tapped a new barrel of beer.
- They can't tap the phone without a warrant.
- He was known to tap cable television
- Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.
Derived terms
* on tap * on the tap * tap into * tapped outSynonyms
* (intercept communications) eavesdropEtymology 2
From (etyl) tappen, teppen, from (etyl) tapper, .Verb
(tapp)- He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.
- She tapped her companion on the back to indicate that she was ready to go.
- Lydia tapped Jim on the shoulder to get his attention.
- The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane.
- I would tap that hot girl over there.
- I'd tap that.
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- Hard to believe , but 4 years can make a difference.
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- Just started bjj [= couple of months ago and i finally tapped' someone!!! WOOOHOO! The guy i ' tapped has been traiing a few more months than me, outweighs me by at least 30 pounds, and is in great shape from the army.
Re: UFC vs. Boxing", in rec.sport.boxing, Usenet:
- weighs and he still tapped Butterbean.
- to tap shoes
Synonyms
* (sense) hit, patter, pound, rap, strike * (to make a sharp noise) bang, ping, rap * (to submit to an opponent) tap out * (to force an opponent to submit) tap outNoun
(en noun)- (Addison)
- When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around.
- (Wilhelm)
Anagrams
* * * * ----use
English
(wikipedia use)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Etymology 1
From (etyl) from Old English nytt.Noun
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- God made two great lights, great for their use / To man.
- 'Tis use alone that sanctifies expense.
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- I have no further use for these textbooks.
- DON PEDRO. Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of Signior Benedick.
- BEATRICE. Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile; and I gave him use for it, a double heart for a single one: [...]
- Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use and principal, to him.
- Let later age that noble use envy.
- How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, / Seem to me all the uses of this world!
- O Caesar! these things are beyond all use .
- the Sarum, or Canterbury, use'''; the Hereford '''use'''; the York '''use'''; the Roman '''use ; etc.
- From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use .
Synonyms
* (act of using) employment, usage, note, nait * (usefulness) benefit, good, point, usefulness, utility, note, naitDerived terms
* disuse * fair use * hyper-use * misuse * no use * overuse * reuse * underuse * useful * useless * usement * what’s the useEtymology 2
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- For in the Rites of funeration they did use to anoint the dead body, with Aromatick Spices and Oyntments, before they buried them.