Tab vs. Tap
Difference Between Tab and Tap
Tabnoun
A projection, flap, or short strip attached to an object to facilitate opening, handling, or identification.
Tapverb
To strike gently with a light blow or blows
I tapped you on the shoulder to get your attention.Tabnoun
A small, usually decorative flap or tongue on a garment.
Tapverb
To give a light rap with
tap a pencil.Tabnoun
A small auxiliary airfoil that is attached to a larger one and that helps stabilize an aircraft.
Tapverb
To produce with a succession of light blows
tap out a rhythm.Tabnoun
A pull-tab.
Tapverb
To select, as for membership in an organization; designate.
Tabnoun
A bill or check, such as one for a meal in a restaurant.
Tapverb
To repair (shoe heels or toes) by applying a thin layer of leather or a substitute material.
Tabnoun
Cost; price
The tab for upgrading the computers would be high.Tapverb
To attach metal plates to (shoe toes or heels).
Tabnoun
A tabulator on a typewriter.
Tapverb
To deliver a gentle, light blow or blows.
Tabnoun
A key on a computer keyboard that, when pressed, inserts a special ASCII character used for formatting text, as in indenting a line or block of text.
Tapverb
To walk making light clicks.
Tabnoun
This special ASCII character.
Tapverb
To tap-dance.
Tabnoun
A tabloid.
Tapverb
To furnish with a spigot or tap.
Tabverb
To supply with a tab or tabs.
Tapverb
To pierce in order to draw off liquid
tap a maple tree.Tabverb
To press the tab on a typewriter or computer keyboard
Tab over to the next column.Tapverb
To draw (liquid) from a vessel or container
tap a new keg of beer.Tabnoun
A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, etc.
Tapverb
(Medicine) To withdraw fluid from (a body cavity).
Tabnoun
(slang) An ear.
Tapverb
To make a physical connection with or open outlets from
tap a water main.Tabnoun
A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
Tapverb
To wiretap (a telephone or communications channel).
Tabnoun
(GUI) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.
How many tabs are open in your Web browser?Tapverb
To establish an electric connection in (a power line), as to divert current secretly.
Tabnoun
(informal) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
Tapverb
To establish access to or a connection with
tapped a new market for inexpensive books.Tabnoun
A fast march or run with full kit.
Tapverb
To take advantage of; make use of
tapped voter anger to win the election.Tabnoun
A restaurant bill.
Tapverb
To cut screw threads in (a collar, socket, or other fitting).
Tabnoun
Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate
Put this round on my tab, will you, barman.Tapverb
(Informal) To ask (a person) for money.
Tabnoun
(computing) A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
Tapnoun
A gentle blow.
Tabnoun
cigarette.
Giv'is a tab man!Tapnoun
The sound made by such a blow.
Tabnoun
A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
Tapnoun
A thin layer of leather or a substitute applied to a worn-down shoe heel or toe.
Tabnoun
(British slang) A student of Cambridge University.
Tapnoun
A metal plate attached to the toe or heel of a shoe, as for tap-dancing.
Tabnoun
(colloquial) A tabloid newspaper.
Tapnoun
Tap dance.
Tabverb
To affix with tabs; to label.
Tapnoun
(Linguistics) See flap.
Tabverb
(computing) To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage.
Tapnoun
A valve and spout used to regulate delivery of a fluid at the end of a pipe.
Tabnoun
the bill in a restaurant;
he asked the waiter for the checkTapnoun
A plug for a bunghole; a spigot.
Tabnoun
sensationalist journalism
Tapnoun
Liquor drawn from a spigot.
Tabnoun
the key on an electric typewriter that causes a tabulation
Tapnoun
Liquor of a particular brew, cask, or quality.
Tabnoun
a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it;
pull the tab to open the canfiles with a red tab will be stored separatelythe collar has a tab with a button holeTapnoun
(Medicine) The removal of fluid from a body cavity
a spinal tap.Tabnoun
a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
Tapnoun
A tool for cutting an internal screw thread.
Tapnoun
A makeshift terminal in an electric circuit.
Tapnoun
A wiretap.
Tapnoun
A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
Tapnoun
A device used to dispense liquids.
We don't have bottled water; you'll have to get it from the tap.Tapnoun
Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
a liquor of the same tapTapnoun
A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
Tapnoun
(mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread.Tapnoun
A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length.Tapnoun
An interception of communication by authority.
Tapnoun
A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
Tapnoun
A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
abdominal tap, pleural tap, spinal tapTapnoun
A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around.Tapnoun
tap dance
Tapnoun
(computing) The act of touching a touch screen.
Tapnoun
A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel; a heeltap.
Tapnoun
(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.
Tapnoun
(phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [
Tapnoun
An Indian malarial fever.
Tapverb
To furnish with taps.
If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!Tapverb
To draw off liquid from a vessel.
He tapped a new barrel of beer.Tapverb
To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
Tapverb
To exploit.
Businesses are trying to tap the youth market.Tapverb
To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
They can't tap the phone without a warrant.Tapverb
To intercept a communication without authority.
He was known to tap cable televisionTapverb
(mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.Tapverb
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).
Tapverb
(informal) To cadge, borrow or beg.
I tried to tap a cigarette off him, but he wouldn't give me one.Tapverb
To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
Tapverb
To strike lightly.
Tapverb
To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.She tapped her companion on the back to indicate that she was ready to go.Lydia tapped Jim on the shoulder to get his attention.Tapverb
To make a sharp noise.
The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane.Tapverb
To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
Tapverb
To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
Tapverb
To have sexual intercourse with.
I would tap that hot girl over there.I'd tap that.Tapverb
(combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
Tapverb
To force (an opponent) to submit.
Tapverb
To put a new sole or heel on.
to tap shoesTapnoun
the sound made by a gentle blow
Tapnoun
a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
Tapnoun
a gentle blow
Tapnoun
a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
Tapnoun
a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
Tapnoun
a plug for a bunghole in a cask
Tapnoun
the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
Tapnoun
a light touch or stroke
Tapverb
cut a female screw thread with a tap
Tapverb
draw from or dip into to get something;
tap one's memorytap a source of moneyTapverb
strike lightly;
He tapped me on the shoulderTapverb
draw from; make good use of;
we must exploit the resources we are given wiselyTapverb
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information;
The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spyIs this hotel room bugged?Tapverb
furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it;
tap a cask of wineTapverb
make light, repeated taps on a surface;
he was tapping his fingers on the table impatientlyTapverb
walk with a tapping sound
Tapverb
dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes;
Glover tapdances better than anybodyTapverb
draw (liquor) from a tap;
tap beer in a barTapverb
pierce in order to draw a liquid from;
tap a maple tree for its syruptap a keg of beerTapverb
make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;
Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorceMy neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities
