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Statute vs Rivulet - What's the difference?

statute | rivulet |

As nouns the difference between statute and rivulet

is that statute is written law, as laid down by the legislature while rivulet is a small brook or stream; a streamlet.

statute

English

(wikipedia statute)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Written law, as laid down by the legislature.
  • (legal) (Common law) Legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law by those it governs.

    • Derived terms

    * statutory * statutorily * statutory rape

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    rivulet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small brook or stream; a streamlet.
  • * (Charles Cotton) (1630-1687)
    • Rills running down the steepest slopes develop into rivulets .
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs. Their income disappeared as a little rivulet that is swallowed by the thirsty ground.}}