Waterfall vs Weir - What's the difference?
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A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
(figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
* A waterfall of mist from the open freezer.
(technical, computing, slang)
* ''A very long duration project [...] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.
An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
* 1997 , J. H. L'Abée-Lund & J. E. Brittain, "Weir construction as environmental mitigation in Norwegian hydropower schemes", Hydropower '97 , pages 51-54.
* 2010 , Sathesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering , page 303
A fence placed across a river to catch fish.
* 1887 , W. A. Wilcox, "58-New England Fisheries in May, 1886", Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission , volume VI, for 1886, page 191
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As nouns the difference between waterfall and weir
is that waterfall is a flow of water over the edge of a cliff while weir is an adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.As a verb waterfall
is to fall like a waterfall.waterfall
English
(wikipedia waterfall)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (flow of water over the edge a cliff): cascade, cataract, saultDerived terms
* coastal waterfall * waterfall bong * waterfall effect * waterfall illusion * waterfall model * waterfall stomachDerived terms
* waterfalled * waterfallingSee also
* smokefallExternal links
*WorldWaterfalls.com - Stock Waterfall Photographs, Waterfall Information, Waterfall Forum
weir
English
Noun
(en noun)- The weir' must not represent a physical barrier to fish migration, both locally and throughout the whole river system. If necesary, a fishway is included in the ' weir .
- A walkway over the weir' is likely to be useful for the removal of floating debris trapped by the ' weir , or for working staunches and sluices on it as the rate of flow changes.
- The weir catch of mackerel at Monomoy and along Cape Cod has been a failure.
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