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Trampoline vs Tarpaulin - What's the difference?

trampoline | tarpaulin |

As nouns the difference between trampoline and tarpaulin

is that trampoline is while tarpaulin is (countable) a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover.

trampoline

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia trampoline)
  • A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs as anchors.
  • (programming) Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages
  • Derived terms

    * trampoliner * trampolining * trampolinist

    Verb

    (trampolin)
  • To jump as if on a trampoline
  • * {{quote-book, 2007, Zoe Sharp, First Drop citation
  • , passage=My heart trampolined into my throat as I watched Lonnie's grip tighten on the stock of his own shotgun
  • (programming) To rewrite computer code to use trampolines
  • trampolined code

    tarpaulin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) A heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover.
  • Throw a tarpaulin over that woodpile before it gets wet.
  • (countable, slang, archaic) A sailor. Often abbreviated to just tar.
  • (uncountable, obsolete) Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover.
  • (uncountable, nautical, obsolete) Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.
  • A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
  • Usage notes

    * In the US, tarp is more commonly used than tarpaulin, even in print.

    Derived terms

    * tarp

    See also

    * pall