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Riverside vs Riverbed - What's the difference?

riverside | riverbed |

As a proper noun riverside

is a place name applied to a locality, especially a city, that is situated beside a river.

As a noun riverbed is

the path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; the bottom earthen part of a river, not including the riverbanks.

riverside

English

Noun

  • A bank or side of a river.
  • * Gonna lay down my burden; Down by the riverside ...

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • At or near the side of a river.

    • riverbed

    English

    Alternative forms

    * river bed

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; the bottom earthen part of a river, not including the riverbanks.