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Manhole vs Manway - What's the difference?

manhole | manway |

As nouns the difference between manway and manhole

is that manway is a hole or duct by which a human being may access a utility area for maintenance purposes while manhole is a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.

manhole

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.

    • Usage notes

    * In contexts such as government documents where anything that might be perceived as sexist is avoided, this has mostly been replaced by maintenance hole

    Derived terms

    * manhole cover

    See also

    * ("manhole" on Wikipedia)

    manway

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hole or duct by which a human being may access a utility area for maintenance purposes.