Tub vs Scoop - What's the difference?
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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
Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
(automotive) An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
A covered opening in an automobile's hood which allows cold air to enter the area beneath the hood.
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
* J. R. Drake
A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
A special spinal board used by EMS staff that divides laterally to literally scoop up patients.
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
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To learn something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
To consume an alcoholic beverage.
In transitive terms the difference between tub and scoop
is that tub is to plant, set, or store in a tub while scoop is to learn something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).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
* * ----scoop
English
Noun
(wikipedia scoop) (en noun)- She kept a scoop in the dog food.
- Use one scoop of coffee for each pot.
- I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream.
- He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.
- Some had lain in the scoop of the rock.
Synonyms
* (tool) scooper * (amount held by a scoop) scoopfulDerived terms
* apple-scoop * butter scoop * cheese-scoop * ice-cream scoop * poop scoop * scoop bonnet * scoop driver * scoopful * scoop neck * scoop neckline * scoop-net * scoop wheel * scoopyVerb
(en verb)- He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.
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- The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal.
- He was caught scooping in the local park.