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Inlet vs Inflow - What's the difference?

inlet | inflow |

As verbs the difference between inlet and inflow

is that inlet is to let in; admit while inflow is to flow in.

As nouns the difference between inlet and inflow

is that inlet is a body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary while inflow is the act or process of flowing in or into.

inlet

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) inleten, equivalent to .

Verb

  • To let in; admit.
  • To insert; inlay.
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia inlet) (en noun)
  • A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
  • A passage that leads into a cavity.
  • * 1748 . HUME, David. An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 15.
  • by opening this new inlet''' for sensations, you also open an '''inlet for the ideas;

    Anagrams

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    inflow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of flowing in or into
  • Anything which flows in or into
  • The inflow of air
  • Influence.
  • *2000 , Sandra Marie Schneiders, Finding the Treasure :
  • But there is also "top down causality" in which the entire system, as a whole, is affected by the inflow or influence of pattern formation, or "information."
  • *2008 , Richard Calichman, Overcoming Modernity :
  • Broadly speaking, there are two cases in which a national culture is subjected to the sudden inflow or influence of a foreign culture: (1) when the former is conquered by the latter and (2) when it conquers the latter.
  • *2010 , Gabriel Ezutah, Trail of Immortality :
  • Open yourself completely to the inflow and influence of the music and light of God through daily practice of the spiritual exercises, which he gives to you.

    Synonyms

    * influx

    Antonyms

    * outflow * outflux

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To flow in.
  • (Wiseman)