Cylinder vs Tank - What's the difference?
cylinder | tank |
As nouns the difference between cylinder and tank
is that
cylinder is a surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve while
tank is a closed container for liquids or gases.
As a verb tank is
to fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
is thatis a surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve whileis a closed container for liquids or gases.to fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
cylinder
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.- When the two-dimensional curve is a circle, the cylinder is called a circular cylinder''. When the axis is perpendicular to the plane of the curve, the cylinder is called a ''right cylinder''. In non-mathematical usage, both ''right'' and ''circular are usually implied.
(geometry) A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.* 1898 — , The War of the Worlds Ch.4- A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder .
A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas.An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.(computing) The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.See also
* (
wikipedia "cylinder")
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Derived terms
* cylinder head
* cylindrical
* fire on all cylinders
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tank
English
(
wikipedia tank)
Etymology 1
From (
etyl) .
In the sense of armoured vehicle, to disguise their nature, prototypes were described as tanks for carrying water (1915).
Noun
(
en noun)
A closed container for liquids or gases.An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.The amount held by a container; a tankful.- I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York.
An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.(Australian and Indian English) A reservoir or dam.A large metal container, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.By extension a small pond for the same purpose.(slang) A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.(gaming, video games, online games) In online and offline role-playing games, a character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy with offensive power as a close secondary consideration.Synonyms
* (
military fighting vehicle) battle tank, combat tank, armour (
mass noun), tango (
Canadian military slang)
Derived terms
* antitank
* battle tank
* cavalry tank
* combat tank
* cruiser tank
* empty the tank
* fast tank
* fish tank
* flame tank
* flamethrower tank
* heavy tank
* infantry tank
* light tank
* main battle tank
* medium tank
* tankbuster
* tank destroyer
* tank suit
* tank top
* tankette
* tank farm
* tankini
* think tank
Hypernyms
* (
military fighting vehicle) armoured fighting vehicle, armored fighting vehicle, AFV, armoured combat vehicle, armored combat vehicle
Hyponyms
* (
military fighting vehicle) infantry tank (
historical), cavalry tank (
historical), fast tank (
historical), cruiser tank (
historical), tankette (
historical), light tank, medium tank, heavy tank, main battle tank, MBT, flame tank, flamethrower tank
Coordinate terms
* (
military fighting vehicle) armoured car, armoured train, armoured personnel carrier, armored personnel carrier, APC, infantry fighting vehicle, IFV, self-propelled gun, tank destroyer, assault gun
Verb
(
en verb)
To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.(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.To put fuel into a tankTo deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.* '>citation- Beforehand, Swedish [national ice hockey team] coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson had ruminated about tanking against Slovakia to avoid powerful Canada or the Czechs in the quarters [i.e., quarterfinals of the 2006 Winter Olympic tournament], telling Swedish television, "One is cholera, the other the plague."
Etymology 2
Noun
(
en noun)
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.- (Simmonds)
(Webster 1913)Anagrams
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