Tub vs Yup - What's the difference?
tub | yup |
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
(informal) A yes; an affirmative answer.
* 1984 , Graduating engineer, Volumes 6-7 (page 147)
* 2003 , Susie Moloney, The Dwelling (page 278)
As nouns the difference between tub and yup
is that tub is a flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in while yup is a yes; an affirmative answer.As a verb tub
is to plant, set, or store in a tub.As a particle yup is
yes.As an initialism YUP is
Yale University Presstub
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
* * ----yup
English
Noun
(en noun)- But you positively must have much, much more than the laconic "yups " and "nups" of the John Waynes and Gary Coopers...
- Petey's end was all yups and nopes. And an okay.