Estuary vs Bight - What's the difference?
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Coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge.
An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
*1905 ,
An area of sea lying between two promontories; larger than a bay, wider than a gulf
A curve in a rope
*1899 ,
Estuary is a related term of bight.
As nouns the difference between estuary and bight
is that estuary is coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge while bight is a corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.estuary
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(estuaries)Derived terms
* Estuary Englishbight
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(en noun)- I spied a bight of meadow some way below the roadway in an angle of the river.
- I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope; each had an iron collar on his neck, and all were connected together with a chain whose bights swung between them, rhythmically clinking.