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Runlet vs Runnet - What's the difference?

runlet | runnet |

As nouns the difference between runlet and runnet

is that runlet is a small stream or brook or runlet can be (archaic) a wine measure, equivalent to 18 gallons while runnet is .

runlet

English

Etymology 1

From . Compare (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small stream or brook.
  • * Lowell
  • To trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest.
  • * 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, p. 91:
  • She followed the dry runlet to where a jutting shoulder formed a nook matted with briars.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A wine measure, equivalent to 18 gallons.
  • runnet

    English

    Noun

  • (Webster 1913)