The difference between Flail tank and Tank

When used as nouns, flail tank means a type of armored tracked fighting vehicle with a motorized spinning drum with the longitudinal axis of the drum arranged horizontally, perpendicular to the motion of the tank, with flail chains attached to the front end, which can clear landmines and barbed wire by beating them to bits, 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 Flail tank and Tank

  1. Flail tank as a noun:

    a type of armored tracked fighting vehicle with a motorized spinning drum with the longitudinal axis of the drum arranged horizontally, perpendicular to the motion of the tank, with flail chains attached to the front end, which can clear landmines and barbed wire by beating them to bits

  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"