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Savings vs Reservoir - What's the difference?

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Savings is a related term of reservoir.


As nouns the difference between savings and reservoir

is that savings is that which has been saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future while reservoir is reservoir.

savings

English

Noun

(-)
  • That which has been saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
  • The collapse of Enron wiped out the life savings of many people, leaving them poor in their retirement.
  • English plurals
  • Derived terms

    * life savings

    Antonyms

    * (that which has been saved) dissavings

    reservoir

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts.
  • A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
  • A supply or source of something.
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  • , title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}

    Derived terms

    * water reservoir * receiving reservoir * oil reservoir * petroleum reservoir