tap vs harness

tap and harness both are nouns.

tap and harness both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tap	Yes	No	Yes	No
harness	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, harness is a hyponym of tap; that is, harness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tap:

tap: draw from; make good use of
harness: exploit the power of

Other hyponyms of tap include maximise, maximize, mine, quarry, overexploit, commercialize, milk.

tap (noun)	harness (noun)
a light touch or stroke	stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information	a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
a plug for a bunghole in a cask
a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
the sound made by a gentle blow
a gentle blow

tap (verb)	harness (verb)
make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently	keep in check
draw from; make good use of	exploit the power of
strike lightly	put a harness
cut a female screw thread with a tap	control and direct with or as if by reins
pierce in order to draw a liquid from
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
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
make light, repeated taps on a surface
draw from or dip into to get something
furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it

Difference between tap and harness

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.