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flume

Weir vs Flume - What's the difference?

weir | flume |


As a noun flume is

a ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.

Aqueduct vs Flume - What's the difference?

aqueduct | flume | Synonyms |


As nouns the difference between aqueduct and flume

is that aqueduct is an artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another while flume is a ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.

Conduit vs Flume - What's the difference?

conduit | flume | Related terms |


As nouns the difference between conduit and flume

is that conduit is a pipe or channel for conveying water etc while flume is a ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.

Flume vs Fume - What's the difference?

flume | fume |


As nouns the difference between flume and fume

is that flume is a ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through while fume is a gas or vapour/vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. Fumes are solid particles formed by condensation from the gaseous state, e.g. metal oxides from volatilized metals. They can flocculate and coalesce. Their particle size is between 0.1 and 1 micron. (A micron is one millionth of a metre.

As a verb fume is

to emit fumes.

Flume vs Flump - What's the difference?

flume | flump |


As nouns the difference between flume and flump

is that flume is a ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through while flump is the dull sound so produced.

As a verb flump is

to move or fall heavily, or with a dull sound.

Fluke vs Flume - What's the difference?

fluke | flume |


As nouns the difference between fluke and flume

is that fluke is a lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated while flume is a ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.

As a verb fluke

is to obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.

As a proper noun Fluke

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Plume vs Flume - What's the difference?

plume | flume |


As nouns the difference between plume and flume

is that plume is a feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one while flume is a ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.

As a verb plume

is to preen and arrange the feathers of.

Flume vs Flumen - What's the difference?

flume | flumen |

Flumen is a descendant of flume.



As nouns the difference between flume and flumen

is that flume is a ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through while flumen is a term used in planetary geology to refer to the river-like features on Saturn's moon Titan.

Flume vs Fleme - What's the difference?

flume | fleme |


As nouns the difference between flume and fleme

is that flume is a ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through while fleme is one who is banished; an exile; outcast; fugitive.

As a verb fleme is

to drive away, chase off; to banish.

Flume vs Glume - What's the difference?

flume | glume |


As nouns the difference between flume and glume

is that flume is a ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through while glume is (botany) a basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (poaceae) and sedges (cyperaceae).

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