Gin vs. Trap — What's the Difference?

Contains various botanicals for flavoring.

Often baited to attract the target.

A distilled spirit made from grain and juniper berries.

Can be lethal or non-lethal, depending on design.

Often mixed in cocktails like martinis and gin tonics.

Must be checked and maintained regularly.

Available in multiple styles including London Dry and Old Tom.

A mechanical device for catching animals or objects.

Served often with a slice of lime or lemon.

Used in both residential and commercial settings.

Gin is a distilled alcoholic drink that derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries (Juniperus communis).Gin originated as a medicinal liquor made by monks and alchemists across Europe, particularly in southern France, Flanders and the Netherlands, to provide aqua vita from distillates of grapes and grains. It then became an object of commerce in the spirits industry.

A contrivance for catching and holding animals, as a concealed pit or a clamplike device that springs shut suddenly.

A clear alcoholic spirit distilled from grain or malt and flavoured with juniper berries.

A stratagem for catching or tricking an unwary person.

A form of the card game rummy in which a player holding cards totalling ten or less may terminate play.

A confining or undesirable circumstance from which escape or relief is difficult:fell into poverty's trap.

A machine for separating cotton from its seeds.

A device for sealing a passage against the escape of gases, especially a U-shaped or S-shaped bend in a drainpipe that prevents the return flow of sewer gas by means of a water barrier.

A machine for raising and moving heavy weights.

A device that hurls clay pigeons into the air in trapshooting.

A trap for catching birds or small mammals.

A land hazard or bunker on a golf course; a sand trap.

An Aboriginal woman.

TrapsA measured length of roadway over which electronic timers register the speed of a racing vehicle, such as a dragster.

Treat (cotton) in a gin.

(Baseball)See web.

A strong colorless alcoholic beverage made by distilling or redistilling rye or other grain spirits and adding juniper berries and sometimes other flavorings such as anise, caraway seeds, or angelica root.

A defensive strategy or play, as in basketball or hockey, in which two or more defenders converge on an offensive player shortly after the player gains possession of the ball or puck.

A machine for hoisting or moving heavy objects.

The act of trapping a soccer ball.

A pile driver.

(Football)A running play in which the ball carrier advances through a hole in the defensive line created by allowing a defensive lineman to penetrate the backfield.

A snare or trap for game.

A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.

A pump operated by a windmill.

A trapdoor.

A cotton gin.

Traps(Music)Percussion instruments, such as snare drums and cymbals, especially in a jazz band.

Gin rummy.

(Slang)The human mouth.

To remove the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin.

Often traps Personal belongings or household goods.

To trap in a gin.

Any of several dark, fine-grained igneous rocks often used in making roads.

Used to announce that one has won a game of gin rummy.

To catch in a trap; ensnare.

A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.

To prevent from escaping or getting free:was trapped in the locked attic.

(uncountable) Gin rummy.

To deceive or trick by means of a scheme or plan.

(poker) Drawing the best card or combination of cards.

To seal off (gases) by a trap.

(obsolete) A trick; a device or instrument.

To furnish with traps or a trap.

(obsolete) A scheme; contrivance; artifice; a figurative trap or snare.

To catch (a ball) immediately after it has hit the ground.

A snare or trap for game.

To gain control of (a moving soccer ball) by allowing it to hit and bounce off a part of the body other than the arm or hand.

A machine for raising or moving heavy objects, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.

To set traps for game.

(mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.

To engage in trapping furbearing animals.

A pile driver.

To furnish with trappings.

A windpump.

A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.

A cotton gin.

A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.

An instrument of torture worked with screws.

A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.

An Aboriginal woman.

A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.

(transitive) To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.

The game of trapball itself.

(transitive) To trap something in a gin.

Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.

(archaic) To begin.

A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.

If.

A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

A successful landing on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.

If.

(historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.

To begin; - often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.

(slang) A person's mouth.

To catch in a trap.

A policeman.

To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.

(in the plural) Belongings.

A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; - also called Hollands and Holland gin, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine.

(slang) A cubicle (in a public toilet).

Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.

(sports) Trapshooting.

A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.

(geology) A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.

A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.

(computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.

Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries

A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.

A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose

A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.

A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers

Someone who is anatomically male but who passes as female.

A form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points

A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko, josou.

Separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin

A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.

Trap with a snare;

The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.

An area, especially of a city, with a low level of opportunity and a high level of poverty and crime; a ghetto; a hood.

A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.

The trapezius muscle.

(transitive) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.

(transitive) To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.

(transitive) To provide with a trap.

(intransitive) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game.

To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.

(intransitive) To leave suddenly, to flee.

To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.

To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.

To attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.

To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).

To dress with ornaments; to adorn; - said especially of horses.

To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.

Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.

To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5.

To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.

An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock.

A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes.

Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.

A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at.

The game of trapball.

A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids.

A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.

A wagon, or other vehicle.

A kind of movable stepladder.

Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.

A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned

Drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas

Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares;

A device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters

The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

Informal terms for the mouth

A light two-wheeled carriage

A hazard on a golf course

Place in a confining or embarrassing position;

Catch in or as if in a trap;

Hold or catch as if in a trap;

To hold fast or prevent from moving;

Gin is commonly consumed in cocktails or with mixers like tonic water.

Yes, traps vary from simple spring-loaded models to complex electronic types.

Gin is distilled from grains and primarily flavored with juniper berries along with other botanicals.

The main purpose of a trap is to catch or manage wildlife and pests.

Yes, when consumed responsibly, gin is safe and is regulated by food and safety authorities.

Traps should be checked regularly to ensure they are functioning properly and to manage any captured animals humanely.

While home distillation of alcohol is illegal in many places, gin-flavoring kits are available for personal use.

Popular cocktails include the Martini, Gin Tonic, and Negroni.

Gin is flavored during the distillation process with botanicals like herbs, spices, and fruit peels.

Ethical concerns include potential harm to animals and ensuring that trapping is done humanely and responsibly.