Culvert vs Ditch - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between culvert and ditch

is that culvert is a transverse channel under a road or railway for the draining of water while ditch is alternative form of lang=en.

is that culvert is to channel (a stream of water) through a culvert while ditch is alternative form of lang=en.

(en noun)

A transverse channel under a road or railway for the draining of water.

* 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 91

A raft of twigs stayed upon a stone, suddenly detached itself, and floated towards the culvert .

* 1996 , , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 167

After she left, I ran away for a day, and hid myself, solitary, in a culvert under the railway lines.

(en verb)

To channel (a stream of water) through a .

From earlier deche, from (etyl) dechen, from (etyl) .

(es)

(en-noun)

From (etyl) dich, from (etyl) .

(es)

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.

* ditchdigger * ditch weed * ditcher * ox is in the ditch

To discard or abandon.

Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.

To deliberately crash-land an airplane on the sea.

When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch ; their last location was just south of the Azores.

To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.

The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.

To dig ditches.

Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching .

To dig ditches around.

The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.

To throw into a ditch.

The engine was ditched and turned on its side.

* abandon * discard * dump * jettison * lose * shed * See also