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Drainage vs Effluent - What's the difference?

drainage | effluent |

As nouns the difference between drainage and effluent

is that drainage is a natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area while effluent is a stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.

As an adjective effluent is

flowing out; outflowing.

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

    * ----

    effluent

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Flowing out; outflowing.
  • * Parnell
    • Effluent beams.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
  • Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}