Brook vs. Rivulet — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Brook and Rivulet
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Brook
A small stream
The Lake District boasts lovely lakes and babbling brooks
Rivulet
A small brook or stream; a streamlet.
Brook
Tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition)
Jenny would brook no criticism of Matthew
Rivulet
A small brook or stream; a streamlet; a gill.
A rivulet of tears ran down his face.
Brook
See creek. See Note at run.
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Rivulet
Perizoma affinitatum, a geometrid moth.
Brook
To put up with; tolerate
We will brook no further argument.
Rivulet
A small stream or brook; a streamlet.
By fountain or by shady rivuletHe sought them.
Brook
To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
Brook no refusal
I will not brook any disobedience.
I will brook no impertinence.
Rivulet
A small stream
Brook
To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
Brook
To earn; deserve.
Brook
A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
Brook
A water meadow.
Brook
Low, marshy ground.
Brook
A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.
The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water.
Empires itself, as doth an inland brookInto the main of waters.
Brook
To use; to enjoy.
Brook
To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint.
Shall we, who could not brook one lord,Crouch to the wicked ten?
Brook
To deserve; to earn.
Brook
A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river);
The creek dried up every summer
Brook
Put up with something or somebody unpleasant;
I cannot bear his constant criticism
The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
He learned to tolerate the heat
She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
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