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Mun vs Tun - What's the difference?

mun | tun |

As verbs the difference between mun and tun

is that mun is must while tun is to put into tuns, or casks.

As nouns the difference between mun and tun

is that mun is the mouth, jaw while tun is a large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.

mun

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ." mun" on collinsdictionary.com

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

(head)
  • Must.
  • * 1894 , M E Francis, In a North Country Village
    • Ye mun ha' done wi' all that foolery — ye're gettin' a man now, an' ye mun give over that nonsense.

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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ; compare mouth

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, dialect) The mouth, jaw.
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    • Etymology 3

    From (mundane) by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (gaming) The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online one.
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    • Synonyms
    * roleplayer, RPer

    Anagrams

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    tun

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
  • (brewing) A fermenting vat.
  • An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.
  • * 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , p. 205:
    • Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.
  • A weight of 2,240 pounds.
  • An indefinite large quantity.
    • "He therefore sends you, meeter for your spirit,
    This tun of treasure; and, in lieu of this, Desires you let the dukedoms that you claim Hear no more of you. " -- Shakespeare
  • * (rfdate) Dryden
    • A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ.
  • (archaic, humorous, or, derogatory) A drunkard.
  • (zoology) Any shell belonging to and allied genera; called also tun-shell.
  • A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.

    • Verb

  • To put into tuns, or casks.
    • (Boyle)

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