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Drainage vs Culvert - What's the difference?

drainage | culvert |

As nouns the difference between drainage and culvert

is that drainage is a natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area while culvert is a transverse channel under a road or railway for the draining of water.

As a verb culvert is

to channel (a stream of water) through a culvert.

drainage

English

(wikipedia drainage)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area.
  • A system of drains.

    • Derived terms

    * positive drainage

    Anagrams

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    culvert

    English

    Noun

    (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.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To channel (a stream of water) through a .