Tub vs Dish - What's the difference?
tub | dish |
A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
A bathtub.
(nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
(humorous, or, derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
* South
A small cask.
Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
(mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
(obsolete) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
(slang) A corpulent or obese person.
To plant, set, or store in a tub.
To bathe.
* London Spectator
A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
* Bible, Judges v. 25
The contents of such a vessel.
A specific type of prepared food.
* Shakespeare
(in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
a type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl, as in satellite dish'', ''radar dish
(slang) A sexually attractive person.
The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.
A hollow place, as in a field.
(mining) A trough in which ore is measured.
(mining) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
(informal, slang) To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
(slang, archaic, transitive) To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.
(Webster 1913)
In mining terms the difference between tub and dish
is that tub is a box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft while dish is that portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.In lang=en terms the difference between tub and dish
is that tub is a corpulent or obese person while dish is a sexually attractive person.In transitive terms the difference between tub and dish
is that tub is to plant, set, or store in a tub while dish is to make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.tub
English
Noun
(en noun)- He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.
- He added a tub of margarine to the stew.
- All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs , in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.
- a tub of gin
- (Shakespeare)
- Lars': You ready to help take down Gizmo?
'''Vault Dweller''': You bet. Let's nail that ' tub . [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/LARS.MSG]
Derived terms
* bathtub * hot tub * tubbyVerb
(tubb)- to tub a plant
- Don't we all tub in England?
External links
* (wikipedia "tub")Anagrams
* * ----dish
English
(wikipedia dish)Noun
(es)- She brought forth butter in a lordly dish .
- a dish of stew
- a vegetable dish
- this dish is filling and easily made
- a dish fit for the gods
- It's your turn to wash the dishes .
- the dish of a wheel
- (Ogilvie)
Synonyms
* (vessel) plate * (contents) dishful, plate, plateful * (sexually attractive person) babe, foxDerived terms
* chafing dish * covered-dish * deep-dish * dish aerial * dish antenna * dish out * dish pig * dish the dirt * dish towel * dish up * dishcloth * dished * dishy * do the dishes * gratin dish * Petri dish * satellite dish * serving dish * side dishSee also
* plateVerb
(es)- The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch .
- to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes