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Septic vs Wastewater - What's the difference?

septic | wastewater |

As nouns the difference between septic and wastewater

is that septic is a substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction while wastewater is any water that has been used by some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now contains waste products.

As an adjective septic

is of or pertaining to sepsis.

septic

English

(wikipedia septic)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* septick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to sepsis.
  • Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
  • Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.
    • septic tank''; ''septic system
    Related terms
    * antiseptic * asepsis * aseptic * sepsis * septic shock * septic tank * septicemia * septicity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
  • * 1750', John Pringle, ''Further Experiments on Substances Resisting Putrefaction'', in '''1809 , Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson (editors), ''The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London , Volume X: 1750—1755, page 86,
    • But, in the prosecution of this subject, he had met with very few real septics ; and found many substances, commonly accounted such, of a quite opposite nature.
  • A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
  • * 2008 , Alexey Voinov, Systems Science and Modeling for Ecological Economics , page 244,
    • The question is whether there are any spatial differences in how septics' impact water quality, and whether these spatial variations should be considered when regulating ' septic improvement or removal.

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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
  • * 2002 , Ingrid C. Bauer, Fabrizio Catanese, Roberto Pignatelli, Canonical Rings of Surfaces Whose Canonical System has Base Points'', Ingrid C. Bauer, et al. (editors) ''Complex Geometry: Collection of Papers Dedicated to Hans Grauert , page 66,
    • Enriques states that it is possible to construct a family of septics with a singular curve of degree 7 and genus 4 having a triple point that degenerates to the above configuration.
  • * 2003 , Antonio Campillo, Santiago Encinas, Two Dimensional Complete Ideals'', Luchezar L. Avramov, et al. (editors), ''Commutative Algebra: Interactions with Algebraic Geometry: International Conference , page 71,
    • Now consider the two septics C = U7i=1Ci, D = U7i=1Di and note that for i = 1,2,3,4,5,6 the lines Ci and Di are parallel, so that the intersection of two septics S' consists of 66 + 6 + 1 =43 points and it is the singular set of a foliation of degree 6.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mathematics) Of the seventh degree or order.

    • Etymology 3

    Short form of Cockney rhyming slang .

    Alternative forms

    * Septic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand, rhyming slang, derogatory) An American, a Yank.
  • * 2011 , Roger Rees, Out of Calamity: Stories of Trauma Survivors , unnumbered page,
    • “Didn?t enjoy the septics ,” he says jokingly about the Americans.
  • * 2012 , John Righten, The Benevolence of Rogues , page 97,
    • “What?s the septics ? Achilles heel?” I said using the slang septic tank, meaning Yank.

    wastewater

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia wastewater) (en noun)
  • Any water that has been used by some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now contains waste products.

    • Synonyms

    * sewage