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Lockage vs Blockage - What's the difference?

lockage | blockage |

As nouns the difference between lockage and blockage

is that lockage is materials for locks in a canal while blockage is the state of being blocked.

lockage

English

Noun

  • Materials for locks in a canal.
  • The works forming a canal lock or locks.
  • A toll paid for passing the locks of a canal.
  • The amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal.
    • The entire lockage will be about fifty feet. — De Witt Clinton.
    (Webster 1913)

    blockage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of being blocked
  • A thing that is blocking
    • There was a blockage in the sewer, so we called out the plumber.