River vs Ditch - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between river and ditch

is that river is a large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, ending at an ocean or in an inland sea while ditch is alternative form of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between river and ditch

is that river is to improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game while ditch is alternative form of lang=en.

As a proper noun River

is a given name derived from English.

river

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from .

Noun

(en noun)

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, ending at an ocean or in an inland sea.

* 1908 , (Kenneth Grahame), (The Wind in the Willows)

By the side of the river' he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spell-bound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the ' river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= High and wet , passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers , washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.}}

Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

(poker) The last card dealt in a hand.

Derived terms

* cry someone a river * riverbank * riverbed * river basin * river bed * river birch * river blindness * riverboat/river boat * river bottom * river boulder * river dolphin * river duck * riverfront * river hog * river horse * riverine * river lamprey * river limper * river mouth * river otter * river pear * river prawn * river runner * river shad * riverside * riverward * riverway * sell down the river * submarine river * up the river * (river)

Verb

(en verb)

(poker) To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.

Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades.

Etymology 2

Noun

(en noun)

One who rives or splits.

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ditch

English

Etymology 1

From earlier deche, from (etyl) dechen, from (etyl) .

Verb

(es)

Noun

(en-noun)

Etymology 2

From (etyl) dich, from (etyl) .

Noun

(es)

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.

Derived terms

* ditchdigger * ditch weed * ditcher * ox is in the ditch

Verb

To discard or abandon.

Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.

To deliberately crash-land an airplane on the sea.

When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch ; their last location was just south of the Azores.

To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.

The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.

To dig ditches.

Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching .

To dig ditches around.

The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.

To throw into a ditch.

The engine was ditched and turned on its side.

Synonyms

* abandon * discard * dump * jettison * lose * shed * See also