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Silt vs Brisling - What's the difference?

silt | brisling |

As nouns the difference between silt and brisling

is that silt is while brisling is a sprat (small herring).

silt

English

Noun

  • Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
  • Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
  • (geology) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

    • See also

    * alluvium * varve

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To clog or fill with silt.
  • To become clogged with silt.
  • To flow through crevices; to percolate.

    • Derived terms

    * silt up

    Anagrams

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    brisling

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A sprat (small herring)
    • ---- ==Norwegian BokmÃ¥l==

    Noun

    (nb-noun-m1)
  • the European sprat or (l) (genus Sprattus sprattus)

    • References

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