The difference between Barrel and Tun
When used as nouns, barrel means a round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum, whereas tun means a large cask.
When used as verbs, barrel means to put or to pack in a barrel or barrels, whereas tun means to put into tuns, or casks.
check bellow for the other definitions of Barrel and Tun
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Barrel as a noun (countable):
A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
Examples:
"a cracker barrel'"
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Barrel as a noun:
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
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Barrel as a noun:
A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case
Examples:
"the barrel of a [[windlass]]; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled."
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Barrel as a noun:
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
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Barrel as a noun (archaic):
A tube.
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Barrel as a noun (zoology):
The hollow basal part of a feather.
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Barrel as a noun (music):
The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).
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Barrel as a noun (surfing):
A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
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Barrel as a noun (US, specifically, _, New England):
A waste receptacle.
Examples:
"Throw it into the trash barrel."
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Barrel as a noun:
The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
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Barrel as a noun (obsolete):
A jar.
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Barrel as a noun (biology):
Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.
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Barrel as a verb (transitive):
To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
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Barrel as a verb (intransitive):
To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
Examples:
"He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him."
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Tun as a noun:
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
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Tun as a noun (brewing):
A fermenting vat.
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Tun as a noun:
An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.
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Tun as a noun:
A weight of 2,240 pounds.
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Tun as a noun:
An indefinite large quantity.
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Tun as a noun (archaic, humorous, or, derogatory):
A drunkard.
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Tun as a noun (zoology):
Any shell belonging to and allied genera; called also tun-shell.
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Tun as a verb (transitive):
To put into tuns, or casks.
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Tun as a noun:
A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.