Adit vs Sough - What's the difference?
adit | sough |
A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine as contrasted to a shaft which is a vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.
* 2006 , Mike Hetman, IronMiners.com [http://www.ironminers.com/ironmines/old-mine-1.htm]:
* 2008 , Iain M. Banks, Matter , page 445:
To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.
*1963 , Sterling North, Rascal , Avon Books (softcover), p 101:
*:I lay awake for a while that evening, listening to the soughing of the wind high in the pines, realizing sadly that we must now return to civilization.
A rushing, rustling sound.
* W. Howitt
A sigh.
(Scotland, obsolete) A vague rumour.
(Scotland, obsolete) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.
As nouns the difference between adit and sough
is that adit is a horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine as contrasted to a shaft which is a vertical entry passage an adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes while sough is a rushing, rustling sound or sough can be a small drain; an adit.As a verb sough is
to make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.adit
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Old Mine is currently entered through an upper adit as the main is no longer accessible.
- The adit sloped downwards into the bowels of some long-fallen building, following a passage that had silted up when the city had first been buried.
References
* ----sough
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)- The whispering leaves or solemn sough of the forest.