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Pothole vs Kettle - What's the difference?

pothole | kettle |

In geology terms the difference between pothole and kettle

is that pothole is a vertical cave system, often found in limestone while kettle is a kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.

As nouns the difference between pothole and kettle

is that pothole is a shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic while kettle is a vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid. Category:en:Cookware and bakeware.

As a verb kettle is

to contain demonstrators in a confined area.

pothole

English

Etymology 1

c 1826, from (etyl) + (hole)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.
  • A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.
  • * The earliest ideas on the creation of potholes''' are that they were associated with "moulins de glacier" (glacier mills) formed where surface streams on glaciers and ice sheets fall into holes in the ice. Water entering these surficial holes was believed to impact on the bedrock beneath creating a large '''pothole'''. The "Moulin Hypothesis", first suggested in 1874, continued to be accepted by many authors until the 1950s. However, commencing in the 1930s, other authors have suggested dissatisfaction with the moulin hypothesis, largely on the grounds that it failed to explain how ice could remain stable long enough for the "giant" '''potholes''' to form and why many '''potholes (like those at Rockwood) were present in large numbers. Grand River Conservation Authority (Canada) Newsletter of May-June 2002.
  • (geology) A vertical cave system, often found in limestone.
    • Synonyms
    * (large pit in the bed of a stream) giant kettle
    Derived terms
    * potholing

    See also

    * sinkhole

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaeology) A pit resulting from unauthorized excavation by treasure hunters or vandals.

    • Anagrams

    * English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    kettle

    English

    (wikipedia kettle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
    • To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.
    There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.
  • The quantity held by a kettle.
  • (British) A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.
    • Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.
  • (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
  • (Raptors) (ornithology) A collective term for a group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
  • * 2006 , Keith L. Bildstein, Migrating Raptors of the World: Their Ecology & Conservation - Page 76 :
    • The term kettle refers to a group of raptors wheeling or circling in a thermal.
  • * 2010 , Jean-Luc E. Cartron, Raptors of New Mexico :
    • Kettles can consist of thousands of birds migrating together.
  • (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive
  • (musical instruments) A kettledrum.

    • Usage notes

    In most varieties of English outside the United States (UK, Irish, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian), if not specified otherwise, the kettle usually refers to a vessel for boiling the water for tea.

    Derived terms

    * kettle of fish * teakettle or tea kettle

    See also

    *

    Verb

    (kettl)
  • (British, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
  • * 2009 , John O'Connor, G20: The upside of kettling , Guardian, pages http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/apr/02/police-g20-protest-kettling:
    • ... to contain demonstrators for hours in a confined spot. This tactic, known as kettling , is seen by some as an attempt to prevent people lawfully demonstrating.

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