slip vs tab
tab vs slipslip and tab both are nouns.
slip is a verb but tab is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slip | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| tab | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
tab is a hyponym of
slip; that is, tab is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
slip:
- slip: artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- tab: a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it
Other hyponyms of slip include
band, band, ring, band, cramp, cramp iron, reef, lead, leading, mullion, ribbon, typewriter ribbon, screed, stay, tape, weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstrip, weatherstripping, endband.
| slip (noun) | tab (noun) |
|---|---|
| a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air | a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet |
| a socially awkward or tactless act | a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it |
| the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) | the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation |
| an unexpected slide | the bill in a restaurant |
| a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. | sensationalist journalism |
| a woman's sleeveless undergarment | |
| bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | |
| artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material | |
| a small sheet of paper | |
| a slippery smoothness | |
| an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall | |
| a place where a craft can be made fast | |
| a young and slender person | |
| a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting | |
| potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics |
| slip (verb) | tab (verb) |
|---|---|
| fall to a lower standard | |
| move out of position | |
| insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly | |
| to make a mistake or be incorrect | |
| pass out of one's memory | |
| move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | |
| move stealthily | |
| move easily | |
| move smoothly and easily | |
| cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion | |
| pass on stealthily |
Words related to "slip"
- Freudian slip
- airplane maneuver
- anchorage
- anchorage ground
- artefact
- artifact
- backslide
- band
- bed linen
- berth
- blank out
- block
- bloomer
- blooper
- blunder
- boner
- boo-boo
- botch
- break loose
- bungle
- case
- chemise
- coast
- cramp
- cramp iron
- cutting
- decline
- dislocate
- displace
- draw a blank
- drop away
- drop off
- eluding
- elusion
- enclose
- endband
- engobe
- err
- error
- escape
- evasion
- fall
- fall away
- fall for
- fault
- faux pas
- flight maneuver
- flub
- forget
- foul-up
- fuckup
- gaffe
- gaucherie
- get away
- give
- glide
- hand
- inclose
- insert
- introduce
- lapse
- lead
- leading
- luxate
- misadventure
- mischance
- miscue
- mishap
- misjudge
- misremember
- mistake
- moorage
- mooring
- move
- mullion
- parapraxis
- pass
- pass on
- piece of paper
- pillow slip
- pillowcase
- potter's clay
- potter's earth
- pratfall
- put in
- quickset
- reach
- reef
- ribbon
- ring
- screed
- sheet
- sheet of paper
- shift
- shimmy
- shoulder strap
- side-slip
- sideslip
- skid
- slew
- slick
- slickness
- slide
- slip
- slip away
- slip by
- slip of paper
- slip one's mind
- slip up
- slip-up
- slippage
- slipperiness
- slippy
- slue
- smoothness
- sneak
- solecism
- spill
- splay
- spring chicken
- stalk
- stay
- steal
- stem
- stick in
- strap
- strip
- stumble
- submarine
- tab
- tape
- teddy
- trip
- trip up
- tumble
- turn over
- typewriter ribbon
- undergarment
- unmentionable
- weather strip
- weather stripping
- weatherstrip
- weatherstripping
- worsen
- young person
- younker
- youth
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