Rill vs Rivulets - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between rill and rivulets

is that rill is a very small brook; a streamlet while rivulets is plural of rivulet.

is to run a small stream.

(wikipedia rill) (en noun)

A very small brook; a streamlet.

* 1797 , :

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.

(planetology)

(en verb)

To run a small stream.

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