Chute vs Waterfall - What's the difference?
chute | waterfall |
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 flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
(figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
* A waterfall of mist from the open freezer.
(technical, computing, slang)
* ''A very long duration project [...] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.
As verbs the difference between chute and waterfall
is that chute is while waterfall is to fall like a waterfall.As a noun waterfall is
a flow of water over the edge of a cliff.chute
English
Noun
(wikipedia chute) (en noun)Derived terms
* out of the chutewaterfall
English
(wikipedia waterfall)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (flow of water over the edge a cliff): cascade, cataract, saultDerived terms
* coastal waterfall * waterfall bong * waterfall effect * waterfall illusion * waterfall model * waterfall stomachDerived terms
* waterfalled * waterfallingSee also
* smokefallExternal links
*WorldWaterfalls.com - Stock Waterfall Photographs, Waterfall Information, Waterfall Forum