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Riverbank vs Lakeside - What's the difference?

riverbank | lakeside |

As nouns the difference between riverbank and lakeside

is that riverbank is a sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side while lakeside is the ground near the edge of a lake, the land adjacent to a lake.

As an adjective lakeside is

on the side of a lake.

riverbank

English

Noun

  • A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.
  • * 1900 — , ch 8
    • "The best plan will be to walk along the riverbank until we come to the road again," remarked the Lion.

    lakeside

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The ground near the edge of a lake, the land adjacent to a lake

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • On the side of a lake