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Aqueduct vs Culvert - What's the difference?

aqueduct | culvert |

As nouns the difference between aqueduct and culvert

is that aqueduct is an artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another while culvert is a transverse channel under a road or railway for the draining of water.

As a verb culvert is

to channel (a stream of water) through a.

aqueduct

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia aqueduct)
  • An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
  • A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially in regards to ancient aqueducts.

    • culvert

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A transverse channel under a road or railway for the draining of water.
  • * 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 91
    • A raft of twigs stayed upon a stone, suddenly detached itself, and floated towards the culvert .
  • * 1996 , , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 167
    • After she left, I ran away for a day, and hid myself, solitary, in a culvert under the railway lines.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To channel (a stream of water) through a .