Tributary vs Estuary - What's the difference?
tributary | estuary |
(senseid) A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
Related to the paying of tribute.
subordinate; inferior
* Milton
Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.
Coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge.
An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.
As nouns the difference between estuary and tributary
is that estuary is coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge while tributary is (river) A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.As an adjective tributary is
related to the paying of tribute.tributary
English
(wikipedia tributary)Noun
(tributaries)Quotations
; nation paying tribute * 1602 : , act V scene 2 *: As England was his faithful tributary .Synonyms
*(stream which flows into a larger one) affluentAdjective
(-)- to grace his tributary gods
- The Ohio has many tributary''' streams, and is itself '''tributary to the Mississippi.