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Repository vs Reservoir - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between repository and reservoir

is that repository is a location for storage, often for safety or preservation while reservoir is a place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts.

repository

Noun

(repositories)
  • a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • # (computing) a storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system
  • a burial vault
  • a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Synonyms

    * (location for storage) depository, archive

    reservoir

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts.
  • A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
  • A supply or source of something.
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    Derived terms

    * water reservoir * receiving reservoir * oil reservoir * petroleum reservoir