The difference between Armoured train and Tank

When used as nouns, armoured train means a railway train protected with armour, whereas tank means a closed container for liquids or gases.


Tank is also verb with the meaning: to fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market).

check bellow for the other definitions of Armoured train and Tank

  1. Armoured train as a noun:

    a railway train protected with armour

  1. Tank as a noun:

    A closed container for liquids or gases.

  2. Tank as a noun:

    An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.

  3. Tank as a noun:

    A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.

  4. Tank as a noun:

    The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.

  5. Tank as a noun:

    The amount held by a container; a tankful.

    Examples:

    "I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York."

  6. Tank as a noun:

    An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.

  7. Tank as a noun (Australian and Indian English):

    A reservoir or dam.

  8. Tank as a noun (Southwestern US, chiefly, Texas):

    A large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.

  9. Tank as a noun (Southwestern US, chiefly, Texas):

    By extension a small pond for the same purpose.

  10. Tank as a noun (slang):

    A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.

  11. Tank as a noun (role-playing games, board games, video games):

    a unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks)

  12. Tank as a noun (US, slang):

    A prison cell, or prison generally.

  1. Tank as a verb:

    To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.

  2. Tank as a verb (video games):

    To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.

  3. Tank as a verb:

    To put fuel into a tank.

  4. Tank as a verb:

    To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.

  5. Tank as a verb (fandom slang):

    To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.

  1. Tank as a noun:

    A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.

  2. Tank as a noun:

    A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Simmonds"