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Washdown vs Washout - What's the difference?

washdown | washout |

As nouns the difference between washdown and washout

is that washdown is a particularly thorough washing while washout is an appliance designed to wash something out.

washdown

English

Noun

(wikipedia washdown) (en noun)
  • A particularly thorough washing

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    washout

    English

    (wikipedia washout)

    Alternative forms

    * wash-out

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An appliance designed to wash something out.
    • The cistern was fitted with washouts and air-valves.
  • (biology, medicine) The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.
    • a bladder washout
  • (meteorology) The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.
  • A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water.
  • (informal) A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.
    • As an actor, he was a complete washout , so he went back to accounting.
  • A sporting fixture that could not be completed because of rain.
  • The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing

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