Tripled vs Trebled - What's the difference?
tripled | trebled |
(triple)
Made up of three related elements, often matching
Three times the quantity
Designed for three users
Folded in three; composed of three layers
Having three aspects; very ambiguous.
(music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
(obsolete) One of three; third.
(informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
(US) A hamburger with three patties.
(baseball) A three-base hit
(curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
(mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
To multiply by three
(baseball) To get a three-base hit
To become three times as large
To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
* 1982 , Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench (volume 157, number 1, page 106, January 1982)
* 2011 , Mel LeCompte, The Tee Cotton Bowl
(treble)
Threefold, triple.
* Dryden
(music) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano.
* 1957 , :
*:He put his cigar in his mouth, and, with his right hand, up in the treble keys, he began to play, in octaves, the melody of a song called "The Kinkajou," which, somewhat notably, had shifted into and ostensibly out of popularity before he was born.
High in pitch; shrill.
Trebly; triply.
(music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
(music) A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
(darts) Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
(sports) Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
* 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, "
To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
To utter in a treble key; to whine.
* Chapman
As verbs the difference between tripled and trebled
is that tripled is past tense of triple while trebled is past tense of treble.tripled
English
Verb
(head)triple
English
(wikipedia triple)Adjective
(-)- The triple markings on this vase are quite unique.
- Give me a triple serving of mashed potatoes.
- a triple room
- a triple meaning
- (Shakespeare)
Noun
(en noun)- I've had a hard day, make that a triple .
- I'd like a triple with cheese.
- The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.
Derived terms
* triplestoreVerb
(tripl)- The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.
- The batter tripled into the gap.
- Our earnings have tripled in the last year.
- Radio Shack's All-Purpose Crimper/Cutter ($9.95) doubles as a wire stripper and triples as a bolt cutter.
- Examination rooms contain shelves overstuffed with football helmets, autographed equipment and even rugby gear. If the office doubles as a mini-museum, it also triples as a minichapel.
See also
* treble * triple jump * triple sec * triple goddess (coefficient)Anagrams
* ----trebled
English
Verb
(head)treble
English
(wikipedia treble)Adjective
(-)- A lofty tower, and strong on every side / With treble walls.
Antonyms
* (music) bass * (maths) thirdAdverb
(-)Noun
(en noun)Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
- As for City, a domestic treble is off the cards and they must haul themselves off the floor quickly with the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie against Barcelona on Wednesday.
Verb
(trebl)- He outrageously / (When I accused him) trebled his reply.
