Sediment vs Silt - What's the difference?
sediment | silt |
A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
(geology) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
To clog or fill with silt.
To become clogged with silt.
To flow through crevices; to percolate.
In transitive terms the difference between sediment and silt
is that sediment is to deposit material as a sediment while silt is to flow through crevices; to percolate.In intransitive terms the difference between sediment and silt
is that sediment is to be deposited as a sediment while silt is to become clogged with silt.sediment
English
(wikipedia sediment)Noun
(en noun)- The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.