The difference between Swap and Tap

When used as nouns, swap means an exchange of two comparable things, whereas tap means a tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.

When used as verbs, swap means to exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else), whereas tap means to furnish with taps.

check bellow for the other definitions of Swap and Tap

  1. Swap as a verb (transitive):

    To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).

    Examples:

    "synonyms exchange switch trade"

  2. Swap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To hit, to strike.

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

    To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.

  4. Swap as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.

  1. Swap as a noun:

    An exchange of two comparable things.

    Examples:

    "quote-book lang=1819 w Sir Walter Scott w Tales of My Landlord section=The Bride of Lammermoor passage=I e’en changed it, as occasion served, with the skippers o’ Dutch luggers and French vessels, for gin and brandy... a gude swap too, between what cheereth the soul of man and that which dingeth it clean out of his body"

  2. Swap as a noun (finance):

    A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.

  3. Swap as a noun (computing, informal, uncountable):

    Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.

    Examples:

    "How much swap do you need?"

  1. Swap as a noun (obsolete, UK, dialect):

    A blow; a stroke.

  1. Tap as a noun:

    A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.

  2. 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."

  3. Tap as a noun:

    Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.

    Examples:

    "a liquor of the same tap"

  4. Tap as a noun:

    A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.

  5. 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."

  6. 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."

  7. Tap as a noun:

    An interception of communication by authority.

  8. Tap as a noun:

    A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.

  9. Tap as a noun (medicine, informal):

    A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.

    Examples:

    "abdominal tap'', ''pleural tap'', ''spinal tap"

  1. Tap as a verb:

    To furnish with taps.

    Examples:

    "If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!"

  2. Tap as a verb:

    To draw off liquid from a vessel.

    Examples:

    "He tapped a new barrel of beer."

  3. Tap as a verb:

    To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.

  4. Tap as a verb:

    To exploit.

    Examples:

    "Businesses are trying to tap the youth market."

  5. 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]]."

  6. Tap as a verb:

    To intercept a communication without authority.

    Examples:

    "He was known to tap [[cable television]]"

  7. Tap as a verb (mechanical):

    To cut an internal screw thread.

    Examples:

    "Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole."

  8. 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).

  9. 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."

  10. Tap as a verb (medicine, informal):

    To drain off fluid by paracentesis.

  1. Tap as a verb:

    To strike lightly.

  2. 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."

  3. Tap as a verb:

    To make a sharp noise.

    Examples:

    "The [[tree]], [[sway]]ing in the [[breeze]], began to tap on the [[window]] [[pane]]."

  4. Tap as a verb:

    To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.

  5. 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."

  6. Tap as a verb (combat sports):

    To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.

  7. Tap as a verb (combat sports, transitive):

    To force (an opponent) to submit.

  8. Tap as a verb:

    To put a new sole or heel on.

    Examples:

    "to tap shoes"

  1. 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."

  2. Tap as a noun:

    tap dance

  3. Tap as a noun (computing):

    The act of touching a touch screen.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek 1881, Thomas Wilhelm, "A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer"

  6. 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"

  1. Tap as a noun:

    An Indian malarial fever.

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