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Hydraulic vs Hydrology - What's the difference?

hydraulic | hydrology |

As an adjective hydraulic

is pertaining to water.

As a noun hydrology is

the science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere.

hydraulic

English

Alternative forms

* hydraulick (obsolete)

Adjective

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  • Pertaining to water
    • I know not why this entrance is left so neglected, as we are not in want of able engineers in France, in the hydraulic branch, a part of the mathematics to which I have most applyed myself. — M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 47
  • Related to hydraulics

    • Derived terms

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    hydrology

    English

    (wikipedia hydrology)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere

    • Derived terms

    * dendrohydrology * ecohydrology * hydrologist * radiohydrology