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Conduit vs Inlet - What's the difference?

conduit | inlet |

As verbs the difference between conduit and inlet

is that conduit is while inlet is to let in; admit.

As a noun inlet is

a body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.

conduit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pipe or channel for conveying water etc.
  • A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
  • A means by which something is transmitted.
  • (finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.

    • Derived terms

    * conduit bender

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    inlet

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) inleten, equivalent to .

    Verb

  • To let in; admit.
  • To insert; inlay.
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia inlet) (en noun)
  • A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
  • A passage that leads into a cavity.
  • * 1748 . HUME, David. An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 15.
    • by opening this new inlet''' for sensations, you also open an '''inlet for the ideas;

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