Tributary vs Rill - What's the difference?
tributary | rill |
(senseid) A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
Related to the paying of tribute.
subordinate; inferior
* Milton
Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.
A very small brook; a streamlet.
* 1797 , :
(planetology)
As nouns the difference between tributary and rill
is that tributary is (senseid) a natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water while rill is furrow, groove.As an adjective tributary
is related to the paying of tribute.tributary
English
(wikipedia tributary)Noun
(tributaries)Quotations
; nation paying tribute * 1602 : , act V scene 2 *: As England was his faithful tributary .Synonyms
*(stream which flows into a larger one) affluentAdjective
(-)- to grace his tributary gods
- The Ohio has many tributary''' streams, and is itself '''tributary to the Mississippi.
rill
English
Noun
(wikipedia rill) (en noun)- So twice five miles of fertile ground
- With walls and towers were girdled round:
- And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills ,
- Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
- And here were forests ancient as the hills,
- Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.