There is no difference. Both are usually round, both some times are open top, a silo is a tank. PE API650 Tank Engineer 2007
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when height & Dia ratio is less than 1 that is tank otherwise silo
Judging by the fact that the articles for wikipedia and other online sources show precisely the same buildings when asked for grain elevator and silo, it would appear to be largely a difference between US and UK usage. However, grain elevator is a precise type of silo only used for grain and similar foodstuffs such as soya beans, whereas a silo can contain any pourable solids, including fuel, such as wood chips or coal.
Are you sure that's difference and not just a half-witted example of sameness?
to contain harvest.
a silo