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Conveyor vs Duct - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between conveyor and duct

is that conveyor is a person that conveys, transports or delivers while duct is a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.

As a verb duct is

to channel something through a duct (or series of ducts.

conveyor

English

Alternative forms

* conveyour (obsolete) * conveyer (rare)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person that conveys, transports or delivers.
  • Anything that conveys, transports or delivers.
    • Words are a conveyor of meaning.
  • A mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects, generally over short or moderate distances, as from one part of a building to another.

    • Derived terms

    * conveyor belt

    duct

    English

    (Wikipedia)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
    • heating and air-conditioning ducts
  • An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs.
  • (obsolete) Guidance; direction.
    • otherwise to express His care and love to mankind, viz., in giving and consigning to them His written word for a rule and constant director of life, not leaving them to the duct of their own inclinations. — Henry Hammond.

    Derived terms

    * ductal * ducted * ducting * ductor * duct tape * Mullerian ducts * Wolffian ducts

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To channel something through a duct (or series of ducts)