Sump vs Basin - What's the difference?
sump | basin |
A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
The lowest part of a mine shaft into which water drains.
A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
(automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
(nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
(construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion.
* We discovered a new passage, but it sumped after 100 metres.
* This low passage sumps quickly after moderate rainfall.
A bowl for washing, often affixed to a wall.
(geography) An area of land from which water drains into a specific river.
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, author=Douglas Larson
, title=Runaway Devils Lake
, volume=100, issue=1, page=46
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(geography) A rock formation scooped out by water erosion.
As nouns the difference between sump and basin
is that sump is a hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink while basin is a bowl for washing, often affixed to a wall.As a verb sump
is of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion.As a proper noun Basin is
a CDP in Montana.sump
English
(wikipedia sump)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* dry sump * sump pump * wet sumpVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
* ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==References
* ----basin
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. […] The Devils Lake Basin' is an endorheic, or closed, ' basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.}}
