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Reservoir vs Hydro - What's the difference?

reservoir | hydro |

As nouns the difference between reservoir and hydro

is that reservoir is reservoir while hydro is (uncountable) hydroelectric power.

As an adjective hydro is

hydroelectric.

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

    Related terms

    * reserve

    hydro

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • hydroelectric

    • Noun

  • (uncountable) hydroelectric power
  • (Canada, uncountable) electrical power supply; specifically : electrical power provided by a utility (as a publicly-owned one)
    • ''I won't have lights until my house gets the hydro turned on.
  • (British, countable, dated) A spa.
  • * (Rudyard Kipling)
    • She almost lived at hotels and hydros , last year, but that isn't pleasant for her.
  • (countable, aviation, obsolete)