Tap vs. Stopcock — What's the Difference?

A device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled

A stopcock is a form of valve used to control the flow of a liquid or gas. The term is not precise and is applied to many different types of valve.

A device connected to a telephone for listening secretly to someone's conversations

An externally operated valve regulating the flow of a liquid or gas through a pipe, in particular one on the water main supplying a house

An instrument for cutting a threaded hole in a material.

A valve that regulates the flow of fluid through a pipe; a faucet.

A taproom.

A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.

A quick light blow, or the sound of such a blow

(British) A main shutoff#Noun for water to a home from a municipal supply. Usually these valves exist in pairs, one outside the property boundary and one inside the property boundary.

Tap dancing

(transitive) To control the gas pressure in (an oil well) by keeping the well closed in and the gas confined except during set intervals when the oil is flowed or pumped.

A bugle call for lights to be put out in army quarters

A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc.

Draw liquid through the tap or spout of (a cask, barrel, or other container)

The turning plug, stopper, or spigot of a faucet.

Exploit or draw a supply from (a resource)

Faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid

Connect a device to (a telephone) so that conversation can be listened to secretly

Cut a thread in (something) to accept a screw

Strike with a quick light blow or blows

Approach (a sports player) unlawfully with a view to signing them to another club while they are still under contract with their current one.

Designate or select (someone) for a task or honour, especially membership of an organization or committee

To strike gently with a light blow or blows

To give a light rap with

To produce with a succession of light blows

To select, as for membership in an organization; designate.

To repair (shoe heels or toes) by applying a thin layer of leather or a substitute material.

To attach metal plates to (shoe toes or heels).

To deliver a gentle, light blow or blows.

To walk making light clicks.

To tap-dance.

To furnish with a spigot or tap.

To pierce in order to draw off liquid

To draw (liquid) from a vessel or container

(Medicine) To withdraw fluid from (a body cavity).

To make a physical connection with or open outlets from

To wiretap (a telephone or communications channel).

To establish an electric connection in (a power line), as to divert current secretly.

To establish access to or a connection with

To take advantage of; make use of

To cut screw threads in (a collar, socket, or other fitting).

(Informal) To ask (a person) for money.

A gentle blow.

The sound made by such a blow.

A thin layer of leather or a substitute applied to a worn-down shoe heel or toe.

A metal plate attached to the toe or heel of a shoe, as for tap-dancing.

Tap dance.

(Linguistics) See flap.

A valve and spout used to regulate delivery of a fluid at the end of a pipe.

A plug for a bunghole; a spigot.

Liquor drawn from a spigot.

Liquor of a particular brew, cask, or quality.

(Medicine) The removal of fluid from a body cavity

A tool for cutting an internal screw thread.

A makeshift terminal in an electric circuit.

A wiretap.

A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.

A device used to dispense liquids.

Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.

A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.

(mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)

A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.

An interception of communication by authority.

A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.

A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.

(finance) The situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.

A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.

(dance) tap dance

The act of touching a touch screen.

A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

(military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.

(phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.

An Indian malarial fever.

To furnish with taps.

To draw off liquid from a vessel.

To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.

To exploit.

To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.

To intercept a communication without authority.

(mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.

To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).

(informal) To cadge, borrow or beg.

To drain off fluid by paracentesis.

To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.

To strike lightly.

To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.

To make a sharp noise.

(graphical user interface) To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.

To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.

To have sexual intercourse with.

(combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.

To force (an opponent) to submit.

To put a new sole or heel on.

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.

To strike a gentle blow.

To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, a keg of beer, etc.

Hence, to draw resources from (a reservoir) in any analogous way; as, to tap someone's knowledge of the Unix system; to tap the treasury.

To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.

To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut, a pipe, or tubing.

To connect a listening device to (a telephone or telegraph line) secretly, for the purpose of hearing private conversations; also, to obtain or record (information) by tapping; - a technique used by law enforcement agencies investigating suspected criminals. In the United States it is illegal without a court order permitting it.

A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.

A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, - usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.

A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.

A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.

Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.

A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.

A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.

The sound made by a gentle blow

A faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask

A gentle blow

A small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)

A tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads

A plug for a bunghole in a cask

The act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information

A light touch or stroke

Cut a female screw thread with a tap

Draw from or dip into to get something;

Strike lightly;

Draw from; make good use of;

Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information;

Furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it;

Make light, repeated taps on a surface;

Walk with a tapping sound

Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes;

Draw (liquor) from a tap;

Pierce in order to draw a liquid from;

Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;