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Drainage vs Offtake - What's the difference?

drainage | offtake |

As nouns the difference between drainage and offtake

is that drainage is a natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area while offtake is a point or channel of drainage or off-flow; offlet.

As a verb offtake is

to take off; take away.

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

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    offtake

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To take off; take away.

    • Noun

  • A point or channel of drainage or off-flow; offlet.
  • (mining) The removal of oil (or an industrial chemical) from a storage facility.

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