tun vs barrel
barrel vs tuntun and barrel both are nouns.
tun is not a verb while barrel is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tun | Yes | No | No | No |
| barrel | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
barrel is a hypernym of
tun; that is, barrel is a
word with a broader meaning than tun:
- tun: a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
- barrel: a cylindrical container that holds liquids
Other hypernyms of tun include
cask.
| tun (noun) | barrel (noun) |
|---|---|
| a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals | a cylindrical container that holds liquids |
| a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired | |
| any of various units of capacity | |
| the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold | |
| a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends |
| tun (verb) | barrel (verb) |
|---|---|
| put in barrels |
Words related to "barrel"
- British capacity unit
- Imperial capacity unit
- Imperial gallon
- United States liquid unit
- barrelful
- bbl
- beer barrel
- beer keg
- breech
- bung
- butt
- cask
- congius
- containerful
- cylinder
- drum
- gal
- gallon
- gun
- gun barrel
- hogshead
- hoop
- keg
- lag
- lay
- pickle barrel
- place
- pose
- position
- put
- rear of barrel
- rear of tube
- ring
- set
- shook
- spigot
- spile
- stave
- tap
- tube
- tubing
- tun
- vessel
- wine barrel
- wine cask
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