Conflux vs Confluence - What's the difference?
conflux | confluence | Synonyms |
A merger of rivers, or the place where rivers merge.
*1722 , , "A Tour Through the Eastern Counties of England,"
*:It stands on the conflux of two rivers—the Chelmer, whence the town is called, and the Cann.
A convergence or moving gathering of forces, people, or things.
*1671 , , Paradise Regained , Book 4,
*:Cast round thine eye, and see
*:What conflux issuing forth, or entering in:
*:Praetors, proconsuls to their provinces
*:Hasting, or on return, in robes of state;
*:Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power;
*:Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings.
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*:There was a conflux of emotions and thoughts in him.
*1903 , , The Long Night , ch. 24,
*:So great was the conflux of torches, the flash and gleam of weapons, and the babel of sounds that it wrought on the mind the impression of a fire blazing up in the night.
The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the lake meet.
A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
Confluence is a synonym of conflux.
As nouns the difference between conflux and confluence
is that conflux is a merger of rivers, or the place where rivers merge while confluence is the place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.conflux
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(en noun)- We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
- The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.
- The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.
