The difference between Pound and Tap
When used as nouns, pound means a unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight, whereas tap means a tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
When used as verbs, pound means to confine in, or as in, a pound, whereas tap means to furnish with taps.
check bellow for the other definitions of Pound and Tap
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Pound as a noun:
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
Examples:
"synonyms: lb"
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Pound as a noun:
A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
Examples:
"synonyms: lb t"
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Pound as a noun (US):
The symbol (octothorpe, hash)
Examples:
"synonyms: hash sharp"
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Pound as a noun:
The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
Examples:
"synonyms: £ pound sterling GBP quid nicker"
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Pound as a noun:
Any of various units of currency used in Egypt and Lebanon, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.
Examples:
"synonyms: punt"
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Pound as a noun:
Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
Examples:
"the Rhode Island pound; the New Hampshire pound'"
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Pound as a noun:
Abbreviation for pound-force, a unit of force/weight. Using this abbreviation to describe pound-force is inaccurate and unscientific.
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Pound as a noun (by metonymy):
A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals. An animal shelter. The people who work for the pound
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Pound as a noun:
A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc. Short form of impound.
Examples:
"[[w:Beverly Hills Cop Beverly Hills Cop]]'', Paramount Pictures, 1984:"
"'Detective Axel Foley: From the Dearborn Hijacking."
"'Todd: The Dearborn Hijacking? That bust went down weeks ago. That load's supposed to be in the damn pound!"
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Pound as a noun:
A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
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Pound as a noun:
A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
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Pound as a verb:
To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
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Pound as a verb (transitive):
To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
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Pound as a verb (transitive):
To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
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Pound as a verb (transitive, slang):
To eat or drink very quickly.
Examples:
"You really pounded that beer!"
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Pound as a verb (transitive, baseball, slang):
To pitch consistently to a certain location.
Examples:
"The pitcher has been pounding the outside corner all night."
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Pound as a verb (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head):
To beat strongly or throb.
Examples:
"As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent."
"My head was pounding."
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Pound as a verb (transitive, vulgar, slang):
To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
Examples:
"I was pounding her all night!"
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Pound as a verb:
To advance heavily with measured steps.
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Pound as a verb (engineering):
To make a jarring noise, as when running.
Examples:
"The engine pounds."
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Pound as a verb (slang, dated):
To wager a pound on.
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Pound as a noun:
A hard blow.
Examples:
"synonyms: pounding"
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Tap as a noun:
A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
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Tap as a noun:
A device used to dispense liquids.
Examples:
"We don't have bottled water; you'll have to get it from the tap."
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Tap as a noun:
Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
Examples:
"a liquor of the same tap"
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Tap as a noun:
A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
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Tap as a noun (mechanics):
A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
Examples:
"We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread."
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Tap as a noun:
A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
Examples:
"The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length."
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Tap as a noun:
An interception of communication by authority.
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Tap as a noun:
A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
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Tap as a noun (medicine, informal):
A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
Examples:
"abdominal tap'', ''pleural tap'', ''spinal tap"
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Tap as a verb:
To furnish with taps.
Examples:
"If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!"
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Tap as a verb:
To draw off liquid from a vessel.
Examples:
"He tapped a new barrel of beer."
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Tap as a verb:
To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
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Tap as a verb:
To exploit.
Examples:
"Businesses are trying to tap the youth market."
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Tap as a verb:
To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
Examples:
"They can't tap the phone without a [[warrant]]."
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Tap as a verb:
To intercept a communication without authority.
Examples:
"He was known to tap [[cable television]]"
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Tap as a verb (mechanical):
To cut an internal screw thread.
Examples:
"Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole."
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Tap as a verb (card games, board games):
To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
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Tap as a verb (informal):
To cadge, borrow or beg.
Examples:
"I tried to tap a cigarette off him, but he wouldn't give me one."
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Tap as a verb (medicine, informal):
To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
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Tap as a verb:
To strike lightly.
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Tap as a verb:
To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
Examples:
"He was so [[nervous]] he began to tap his fingers on the [[table]]."
"She tapped her companion on the back to indicate that she was ready to go."
"Lydia tapped Jim on the shoulder to get his attention."
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Tap as a verb:
To make a sharp noise.
Examples:
"The [[tree]], [[sway]]ing in the [[breeze]], began to tap on the [[window]] [[pane]]."
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Tap as a verb:
To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
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Tap as a verb (slang, vulgar, transitive):
To have sexual intercourse with.
Examples:
"I would tap that hot girl over there."
"I'd tap that."
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Tap as a verb (combat sports):
To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
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Tap as a verb (combat sports, transitive):
To force (an opponent) to submit.
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Tap as a verb:
To put a new sole or heel on.
Examples:
"to tap shoes"
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Tap as a noun:
A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
Examples:
"rfquotek Addison"
"When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around."
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Tap as a noun:
tap dance
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Tap as a noun (computing):
The act of touching a touch screen.
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Tap as a noun:
A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel; a heeltap.
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Tap as a noun (military):
A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
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"rfquotek 1881, Thomas Wilhelm, "A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer"
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Tap as a noun (phonetics):
A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
Examples:
"synonyms: flap"
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Tap as a noun:
An Indian malarial fever.