Difference between Watertight and Tight

What is the difference between Watertight and Tight?

Watertight as an adjective is so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape. while Tight as an adjective is pushed or pulled together.

Watertight

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.

Tight

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.Soundly.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pushed or pulled together.Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.Under high tension.Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.Intimately friendly.Extraordinarily great or special.Unfair; unkind.Miserly or frugal.Scarce, hard to come by.A player who plays very few handsA strategy which involves playing very few hands

Example sentence: For the United States to be a global leader, we have to have a very tight relationship with Europe. And we've held that relationship since 1949 when we established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO. NATO is the bond. It's a security bond.

We hope you now know whether to use Watertight or Tight in your sentence.

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