Tin vs Tim - What's the difference?
tin | tim |
(uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
(NZ, British, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.
(countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.
(countable, squash) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
(slang, dated, uncountable) money
Made of tin.
Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.
* 1939 , George Orwell, "Coming up for Air", London: Victor Gollancz.
To place into a tin in order to preserve.
To cover with tin.
To coat with solder in preparation for soldering.
A male given name, a diminutive form of Timothy and, very rarely, of Timon.
(slang, derogatory, UK, Ireland) A Catholic.
A supporter of the Scottish football team,
As initialisms the difference between tin and tim
is that tin is taxpayer Identification Number while TIM is time Interval Meter.As a noun tin
is a malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.As an adjective tin
is made of tin.As a verb tin
is to place into a tin in order to preserve.As a proper noun Tim is
a male given name, a diminutive form of Timothy and, very rarely, of Timon.tin
English
(wikipedia tin)Noun
- muffin tin
- roasting tin
- (Beaconsfield)
Synonyms
* (airtight container) can (especially US), tin canDerived terms
* alpha tin * beta tin * gray tin, grey tin * indium tin oxide * lead-tin * organotin * tetraethyl tin, tetraethyltin * tetraphenyl tin, tetraphenyltin * tin bath * tin can * tin chloride * tin cry * tin dichloride * tin dioxide * tin disease * tin foil * tin Lizzie * tin man * tin oxide * tin pentachloride * tin pest * tin protochloride * tin salt * tin snips * tin tabernacle * tin tetrachloride * tin tetraethyl * tin tetraphenyl * tin-plate * tin-plated * tin-white cobalt * tinnie * tinny * tributyl tin, tributyltin * trimethyl tin, trimethyltin * (do) what it says on the tin * white tinAdjective
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- 133;] in fact he was a big noise, literally, in the Baptist Chapel, known locally as the Tin Tab[ernacle] - whereas my family were 'church' and Uncle Ezekiel was an infidel at that.