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Valve vs Taps - What's the difference?

valve | taps |

As nouns the difference between valve and taps

is that valve is a device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe while taps is a particular song played at the end of the day, and at military funerals.

As verbs the difference between valve and taps

is that valve is to control (flow) by means of a valve while taps is third-person singular of tap.

valve

English

(wikipedia valve)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
  • A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
  • (anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves.
  • (British) A vacuum tube.
  • (botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
  • (botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.
  • (biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
  • (biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.

    • Derived terms

    * exhaust valve * heart valve * vein valve * ileocecal valve * intake valve * non-return valve: see: non-return * safety valve * toggle valve * valved * valveless * valve oil * valvoplasty

    Verb

    (valv)
  • To control (flow) by means of a valve.
    • ----

    taps

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • A particular song played at the end of the day, and at military funerals.

    • Synonyms

    * (song) last post (British and Canadian)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tap)

    • Anagrams

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