Chute vs Hopper - What's the difference?
chute | hopper |
A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
parachute
A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
One who hops.
The immature form of a locust.
The larva of a cheese fly.
An artificial fishing lure.
A toilet.
* 2010 , Robert Hudson, Stories of an Unusual Life (page 250)
An escapement lever in a piano; a grasshopper.
A Sri Lankan food made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
(obsolete) The game of hopscotch.
As nouns the difference between chute and hopper
is that chute is a framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel while hopper is a temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.As a proper noun Hopper is
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(wikipedia chute) (en noun)Derived terms
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(en noun)- To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.
- The fresh-water container for the house was above the ceiling directly over the toilet. One day, I was comfortably seated on the hopper minding my own business, when a large portion of the ceiling came crashing down
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