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Spout vs Faucet - What's the difference?

spout | faucet |

Faucet is a synonym of spout.



As nouns the difference between spout and faucet

is that spout is a tube or lip through which liquid is poured or discharged while faucet is an exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.

As a verb spout

is to gush forth in a jet or stream.

spout

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a tube or lip through which liquid is poured or discharged
    • I dropped my china teapot, and its spout has broken.
  • a stream of liquid
  • the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To gush forth in a jet or stream
    • Water spouts from a hole.
  • (ambitransitive) To eject water or liquid in a jet.
    • The whale spouted .
  • * Creech
    • The mighty whale spouts the tide.
  • To speak tediously or pompously.
  • To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • Pray, spout some French, son.
  • (slang, dated) To pawn; to pledge.
    • to spout a watch

    Anagrams

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    faucet

    English

    (wikipedia faucet)

    Alternative forms

    * ** faucet ** faucett ** fawcett * ** faucet ** faucett ** fawcet ** fawcett ** fawset * ** fasset ** faucet ** faucete ** faulsed ** faulset ** fauset * ** faucet ** faucit ** fausset ** fosset * ** faucet ** forset ** fosset * ** faucet (modern standard spelling)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (North America) An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.

    • Synonyms

    * tap, spigot

    Hypernyms

    * valve

    References

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