As nouns the difference between terms and alveus
is that terms is while alveus is the channel of a river.
terms
English
Noun
(head)
Statistics
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alveus
English
Noun
(alvei)
The channel of a river.
References
* 1860 , John Weale, Rudimentary dictionary of terms used in architecture, civil, architecture, naval, building and construction'': "''Alveus , in hydrography, the channel or belly of a river".
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