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Plumbing vs Waterwork - What's the difference?

plumbing | waterwork |

As nouns the difference between plumbing and waterwork

is that plumbing is the pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps and other fixtures of a water, gas or sewage system in a house or other building while waterwork is painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls.

plumbing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps and other fixtures of a water, gas or sewage system in a house or other building.
  • (uncountable) The trade or occupation of a plumber.
  • (uncountable, informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.
    • My plumbing was playing up, so I had to see the doctor.
  • (countable) A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments.

    • Synonyms

    * (genitourinary system) waterworks (informal)

    Related terms

    * plumb * plumber

    See also

    * waterworks

    waterwork

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (arts) painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls
    • (Fairholt)
    (Shakespeare)
  • (chiefly, in the plural) A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, such as dams, sluices, fountains, etc.
    • (Webster 1913)