The difference between Box and Cup

When used as nouns, box means a cuboid space, whereas cup means a concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.

When used as verbs, box means to place inside a box, whereas cup means to form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.

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  1. Box as a noun (figuratively):

    A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid. A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container. A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc. A compartment or receptacle for receiving items. # A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements. #* ,|date=1 December 1924|volume=XXIX|issue=6|page=618|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=gz5LAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA618|column=2|oclc=58938924|passage=Add five words for address if replies are to come to a box number address at any of our offices. These replies are forwarded each day as received, in new envelopes at no extra charge. When replying to blind ads be careful to put on your envelope the correct box number and do not enclose original letters of recommendation—send copies.}} A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre or other building. The driver's seat on a horse-drawn coach. A small rectangular shelter; a booth. A predicament or trap. A coffin. Preceded by : television. The vagina. A computer, or the case in which it is housed. A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder. A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a , etc. A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits. A small country house.

    Examples:

    "a box of books"

    "[[post box post box]]  [[post office box post office box]]"

    "[[sentry-box sentry-box]]"

    "I’m really in a box now."

    "a UNIX box'"

  2. Box as a noun (baseball):

    A rectangle: an oblong or a square. The rectangle in which the batter stands. One of two specific regions in a promoter. A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape. The penalty area.

    Examples:

    "Place a tick in the box."

    "This text would stand out better if we put it in a coloured box."

  1. Box as a verb (transitive):

    To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.

  2. Box as a verb (transitive):

    Usually followed by : to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.

  3. Box as a verb (transitive):

    To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.

  4. Box as a verb (transitive, agriculture):

    To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.

  5. Box as a verb (transitive, architecture):

    To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.

  6. Box as a verb (transitive, engineering):

    To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.

  7. Box as a verb (transitive, graphic design, printing):

    To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.

  8. Box as a verb (transitive, object-oriented programming):

    To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.

  1. Box as a noun:

    Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus , especially the common box, , or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.

  2. Box as a noun:

    The wood from a box tree: boxwood.

  3. Box as a noun (musical instrument, slang):

    A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.

  4. Box as a noun (Australia):

    An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, the , , , pink box, or , ).

  1. Box as a noun:

    A blow with the fist.

  1. Box as a verb (transitive):

    To strike with the fists; to punch.

    Examples:

    "'box someone’s ears"

    "Leave this place before I box you!"

  2. Box as a verb (transitive, boxing):

    To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.

  3. Box as a verb (intransitive, boxing):

    To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.

  1. Box as a noun (dated):

    A Mediterranean food fish of the genus , which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.

  1. Cup as a noun:

    A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.

    Examples:

    "Pour the tea into the cup."

  2. Cup as a noun:

    The contents of said vessel; a cupful.

    Examples:

    "I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty."

  3. Cup as a noun (US):

    A customary unit of measure A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (1/16 of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL. A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (1/20 imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL. A British unit of measure equal to 0.5 imperial pints (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300mL.

  4. Cup as a noun:

    A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.

    Examples:

    "The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament."

  5. Cup as a noun:

    A contest for which a cup is awarded.

    Examples:

    "The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event."

  6. Cup as a noun (association football):

    The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.

  7. Cup as a noun (golf):

    A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.

    Examples:

    "The ball just misses the cup."

  8. Cup as a noun (in combination):

    Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.

    Examples:

    "cider cup; gin cup; claret cup"

  9. Cup as a noun (US, Canada):

    A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)

    Examples:

    "Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup."

  10. Cup as a noun:

    One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast, used as a measurement of size.

    Examples:

    "The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material."

  11. Cup as a noun (mathematics):

    The symbol \cup denoting union and similar operations (confer cap).

  12. Cup as a noun:

    A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.

  13. Cup as a noun:

    (ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.

  14. Cup as a noun:

    A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).

  15. Cup as a noun:

    Anything shaped like a cup.

    Examples:

    "the cup of an acorn"

  16. Cup as a noun (medicine, historical):

    A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.

  17. Cup as a noun:

    That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.

  1. Cup as a verb (transitive):

    To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.

    Examples:

    "Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them."

  2. Cup as a verb (transitive):

    To hold something in cupped hands.

    Examples:

    "He cupped the ball carefully in his hands."

  3. Cup as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To supply with cups of wine.

  4. Cup as a verb (transitive, surgery, archaic):

    To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.

  5. Cup as a verb (transitive, engineering):

    To make concave or in the form of a cup.

    Examples:

    "to cup the end of a screw"

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