The difference between Main battle tank and Tank
When used as nouns, main battle tank means the primary tank of a country or armed forces, 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 Main battle tank and Tank
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Main battle tank as a noun:
The primary tank of a country or armed forces.
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Main battle tank as a noun (military):
A tank with a good balance of firepower, cross-country mobility, and armoured protection, and therefore capable of carrying out the roles of breakthrough, exploitation and infantry support.
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Tank as a noun:
A closed container for liquids or gases.
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Tank as a noun:
An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
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Tank as a noun:
A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.
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Tank as a noun:
The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
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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."
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Tank as a noun:
An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
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Tank as a noun (Australian and Indian English):
A reservoir or dam.
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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.
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Tank as a noun (Southwestern US, chiefly, Texas):
By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
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Tank as a noun (slang):
A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
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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)
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Tank as a noun (US, slang):
A prison cell, or prison generally.
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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.
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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.
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Tank as a verb:
To put fuel into a tank.
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Tank as a verb:
To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
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Tank as a verb (fandom slang):
To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
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Tank as a noun:
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
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Tank as a noun:
A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
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