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Arroyo vs Gulch - What's the difference?

arroyo | gulch |

As nouns the difference between arroyo and gulch

is that arroyo is a dry creek or stream bed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain) while gulch is a ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; it is shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.

As a proper noun Arroyo

is {{surname|from=Spanish}.

As a verb gulch is

to swallow greedily; to gulp down.

arroyo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dry creek or stream bed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).
  • Any water course; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally).

    • gulch

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.

    • Noun

    (es)
  • A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; it is shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.
  • (obsolete) An act of gulching or gulping.
  • (obsolete) A glutton.
    • (Ben Jonson)