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Billabong vs Bayou - What's the difference?

billabong | bayou |

As nouns the difference between billabong and bayou

is that billabong is a stagnant pool of water while bayou is a slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.

billabong

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia) A stagnant pool of water.
  • A streambed that is only filled with water during the rainy season.
  • A channel that dead-ends which extends from the main part of a river.
  • An oxbow lake.

    • bayou

    English

    (wikipedia bayou)

    Alternative forms

    * byo

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
  • A swamp, a marshy (stagnant) body of water.

    • Usage notes

    * Used almost exclusively to refer to bodies of water in Louisiana and the adjoining areas, including southern Mississippi, eastern Texas, and Arkansas.

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