Tank vs. Vat

Tanknoun

A closed container for liquids or gases.

Tanknoun

An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.

Tanknoun

A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.

Tanknoun

The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.

Tanknoun

The amount held by a container; a tankful.

Tanknoun

An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.

Tanknoun

(Australian and Indian English) A reservoir or dam.

Tanknoun

A large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.

Tanknoun

By extension a small pond for the same purpose.

Tanknoun

(slang) A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.

Tanknoun

a unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks)

Tanknoun

A prison cell, or prison generally.

Tankverb

To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.

Tankverb

(video games) To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.

Tankverb

(transitive) To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.

Tankverb

To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.

Tankverb

(fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.

Tanknoun

A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

Tanknoun

A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.

Tanknoun

A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.

Tanknoun

a heavily armored combat vehicle which moves on caterpillar treads, rather than wheels. It typically carries a cannon and a heavy machine, and sometimes other weapons. It is the main distinguishing weapon of an armored division.

Tanknoun

a jail cell for temporarily holding prisoners, as in a police station.

Tanknoun

an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads

Tanknoun

a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids

Tanknoun

as much as a tank will hold

Tanknoun

a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk

Tanknoun

a cell for violent prisoners

Tankverb

store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it

Tankverb

treat in a tank;

Tank

A tank is an armored fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armor, and good battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engine; usually their main armament is mounted in a turret.

Vatnoun

A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.

Vatnoun

A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.

Vatnoun

(Roman Catholic) A vessel for holding holy water.

Vatnoun

(dated) A liquid measure and dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectolitre of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States. (The old Dutch grain vat averaged 0.762 Winchester bushel. The old London coal vat contained 9 bushels. The solid-measurement vat of Amsterdam contains 40 cubic feet; the wine vat, 241.57 imperial gallons, and the vat for olive oil, 225.45 imperial gallons.)

Vatverb

(transitive) To put into a vat.

Vatverb

(transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.

Vatnoun

A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding liquors in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like.

Vatnoun

A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.

Vatnoun

A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.

Vatnoun

A vessel for holding holy water.

Vatverb

To put or transfer into a vat.

Vatnoun

a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production

Vatnoun

a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

Vatnoun

a large tank or tub used to hold liquid, especially in industry

Vatnoun

a water-insoluble dye, such as indigo, that is applied to a fabric in a reducing bath which converts it to a soluble form, the colour being obtained on subsequent oxidation in the fabric fibres.

Vatverb

place or treat in a vat