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Tin vs Tab - What's the difference?

tin | tab |

As a proper noun tin

is .

As a noun tab is

a key on computer keyboards.

tin

English

(wikipedia tin)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
  • (NZ, British, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.
  • (countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.
    • muffin tin
    roasting tin
  • (countable, squash) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
  • (slang, dated, uncountable) money
    • (Beaconsfield)

    Synonyms

    * (airtight container) can (especially US), tin can

    Derived terms

    * alpha tin * beta tin * gray tin, grey tin * indium tin oxide * lead-tin * organotin * tetraethyl tin, tetraethyltin * tetraphenyl tin, tetraphenyltin * tin bath * tin can * tin chloride * tin cry * tin dichloride * tin dioxide * tin disease * tin foil * tin Lizzie * tin man * tin oxide * tin pentachloride * tin pest * tin protochloride * tin salt * tin snips * tin tabernacle * tin tetrachloride * tin tetraethyl * tin tetraphenyl * tin-plate * tin-plated * tin-white cobalt * tinnie * tinny * tributyl tin, tributyltin * trimethyl tin, trimethyltin * (do) what it says on the tin * white tin

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of tin.
  • Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.
  • * 1939 , George Orwell, "Coming up for Air", London: Victor Gollancz.
    • [&
  • 133;] in fact he was a big noise, literally, in the Baptist Chapel, known locally as the Tin Tab[ernacle] - whereas my family were 'church' and Uncle Ezekiel was an infidel at that.

    • Derived terms

    * tin tabernacle * tin bath

    Verb

    (tinn)
  • To place into a tin in order to preserve.
  • To cover with tin.
  • To coat with solder in preparation for soldering.

    • Derived terms

    * tinned dog

    See also

    * Babbitt metal * bronze * bell metal * cassiterite * die-casting alloy * pewter * phosphor bronze * soft solder * stann-, stanno- * stannane * stannary * stannate * stannic * stannide * stanniferous * stannified * stannine * stannite * stannolite * stannotype * stannous * stannum * white metal

    Anagrams

    * English three-letter words ----

    tab

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, etc.
  • * 1993 , Irvine Welsh: Trainspotting , p 333:
    • He pulls off his belt, cursing as the studs catch in the tabs of his jeans.
  • (by extension, graphical user interface) A navigational widget for switching between sets of controls or documents.
  • (label) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
  • A fast march or run with full kit.

    • Verb

  • Mark with a tab.
  • (computing) To use the Tab key on a computer or typewriter to navigate the screen or page.
  • * 2010 , Chris Anderson, Pro Business Applications with Silverlight 4 (page 210)
    • You can prevent a control from getting the focus when the user is tabbing between controls by settings its IsTabStop property to False.
  • Short for tabulate.
    • Derived terms
    * keep tabs on * tabbed

    Etymology 2

    Apocopation (shortening) of tabulation.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A restaurant bill.
  • (slang) Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar.
    • Put this round on my tab , will you, barman.
  • Short for tabulator.
  • (computing) A space character ((tab)) that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
    • Derived terms
    * pick up the tab

    Etymology 3

    Likely to have been formed by clipping the Geordie pronunciation of the word or alternatively from the brand name Ogden's Tabs .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Geordie and Mackem) cigarette.
    • Giv'is a tab man!

    References

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    Etymology 4

    Shortening of tablature.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.

    • Etymology 5

    Derived from the Latin Cantabrigia (often shortened to Cantab.).

    Noun

  • (rfv-sense)(slang) A student of Cambridge University.

    • Etymology 6

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A tabloid newspaper.
  • * 1999 , George H. Douglas, The Golden Age of the Newspaper, p. 229:
  • * 2010 , Robert Lusetich, Unplayable: An Inside Account of Tiger's Most Tumultuous Season:

    • Anagrams

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