Tin vs Ton - What's the difference?
tin | ton |
(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 unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).
A unit of volume; register ton.
In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/ (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).
(colloquial, hyperbole) A large amount.
(slang) A speed of 100 mph.
(slang) One hundred pounds sterling.
(cricket) One hundred runs.
(darts) One hundred points.
Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
* Thackeray
Fashionable society; those in style.
As nouns the difference between tin and ton
is that tin is a malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn while ton is a unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).As an adjective tin
is made of tin.As a verb tin
is to place into a tin in order to preserve.As an initialism TIN
is taxpayer Identification Number.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
(-)- [&
- 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.
Derived terms
* tin tabernacle * tin bathVerb
(tinn)Derived terms
* tinned dogSee also
* Babbitt metal * bronze * bell metal * cassiterite * die-casting alloy * pewter * phosphor bronze * soft solder * stann-, stanno- * stannane * stannary * stannate * stannic * stannide * stanniferous * stannified * stannine * stannite * stannolite * stannotype * stannous * stannum * white metalAnagrams
* English three-letter words ----ton
English
(wikipedia ton)Etymology 1
Variant of .Noun
(en noun)- I’ve got a ton of work to do.
- I've got tons of work to do.
Synonyms
* (large amount) heap, load, pile * (one-hundred runs) century * See alsoDerived terms
* displacement ton * long ton * measurement ton * metric ton (tonne) * register ton * short tonEtymology 2
From (etyl) , from (etyl) tonus.Noun
(-)- (Byron)
- If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish.