Tub vs. Vat — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Tub and Vat
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Definitions
Tub
A wide, open, deep, typically round container with a flat bottom used for holding liquids, growing plants, etc.
A rainwater tub
Vat
A large tank or tub used to hold liquid, especially in industry
A vat of hot tar
Tub
A short, broad boat that handles awkwardly
The old tub's in need of a refit
Vat
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.
Tub
Plant in a tub
Tubbed fruit trees
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Vat
Place or treat in a vat
The grapes are vatted for between 15 and 21 days and then aged in small barrels
Tub
Wash or bathe in or as in a tub or bath
Even your formal evening gown can be tubbed
Vat
A large vessel, such as a tub, cistern, or barrel, used to hold or store liquids.
Tub
An open, flat-bottomed vessel, usually round and typically wider than it is deep, used for washing, packing, or storing.
Vat
To put into or treat in a vat.
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Tub
The amount that such a vessel can hold.
Vat
A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
A vat of liquid
A vat of acid
A vat of wine
A vat of olives
A vat of fat
A vat of glue
Tub
The contents of such a vessel.
Vat
A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
Tub
A bathtub.
Vat
(Roman Catholic) A vessel for holding holy water.
Tub
(Informal) A bath taken in a bathtub.
Vat
(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.
Tub
(Informal) A wide, clumsy, slow-moving boat.
Vat
(transitive) To put into a vat.
Tub
A bucket used for conveying ore or coal up a mine shaft.
Vat
(transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.
Tub
A coal car used in a mine.
Vat
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.
Let him produce his vats and tubs, in opposition to heaps of arms and standards.
Tub
To pack or store in a tub.
Vat
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.
Tub
To wash or bathe in a tub.
Vat
A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.
Tub
To take a bath.
Vat
A vessel for holding holy water.
Tub
A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.
Vat
To put or transfer into a vat.
Tub
The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
She added a tub of margarine to the stew.
Vat
A tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
Tub
A bathtub.
Vat
A large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
Tub
A slow-moving craft.
Tub
Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
Tub
A small cask.
A tub of gin
Tub
Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
Tub
(mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
Tub
(obsolete) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
Tub
(slang) A corpulent or obese person.
Tub
(transitive) To plant, set, or store in a tub.
To tub a plant
Tub
(ambitransitive) To bathe in a tub.
Tub
An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, - used for various purposes.
Tub
The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc.
Tub
Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., - often used jocosely or opprobriously.
All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.
Tub
A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
Tub
A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
Tub
A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; - so called by miners.
Tub
To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
Tub
To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.
Don't we all tub in England ?
Tub
A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
Tub
A large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
Tub
The amount that a tub will hold;
A tub of water