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Leaking vs Draining - What's the difference?

leaking | draining |

As verbs the difference between leaking and draining

is that leaking is while draining is .

As nouns the difference between leaking and draining

is that leaking is the act by which something leaks while draining is the practice of exploring drains, tunnels, or sewers.

As an adjective draining is

that drains.

leaking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something leaks.
  • (in the plural) That which leaks out.
  • * 2007 , Lynne Conner, Pittsburgh in Stages: Two Hundred Years of Theater (page 15)
    • on rainy nights the audience in the pit held up their umbrellas to screen themselves from the leakings through the roof.

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    draining

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That drains

    • Noun

    (-)
  • the practice of exploring drains, tunnels, or sewers