Drainage vs. Drain — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Drainage and Drain
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Drainage
Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of a surface's water and sub-surface water from an area with excess of water. The internal drainage of most agricultural soils is good enough to prevent severe waterlogging (anaerobic conditions that harm root growth), but many soils need artificial drainage to improve production or to manage water supplies.
Drain
To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process
Drained water from the sink.
Drainage
The action or a method of draining.
Drain
To cause liquid to go out from; empty
Drained the bathtub.
Drain the pond.
Drainage
A system of drains.
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Drain
To draw off the surface water of
The Mississippi River drains a vast area.
Drainage
Something that is drained off.
Drain
To drink all the contents of
Drained the cup.
Drainage
(Medicine) The removal of fluid or purulent material from a wound or body cavity.
Drain
To cause (a resource or supply of something) to be used up gradually and often completely.
Drainage
A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
Drain
To fatigue or spend emotionally or physically
The day's events drained me of energy.
Drainage
A system of drains.
Drain
(Sports) To put (a ball or shot) into a hole or basket, as in golf or basketball
Drained the putt for a birdie.
Drainage
A downward wind.
Drain
To flow off or out
Gasoline drained slowly from the tilted can.
Drainage
A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.
Drain
To become empty by the drawing off of liquid
Watched the tub slowly drain.
Drainage
The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.
Drain
To discharge surface or excess water
The Niagara River drains into Lake Ontario. When flooded, the swamp drains northward.
Drainage
The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.
Drain
To become gradually depleted; dwindle
Felt his enthusiasm draining.
Drainage
Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc.
Drain
A pipe or channel by which liquid is drawn off.
Drainage
The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc.
Drain
(Medicine) A device, such as a tube, inserted into the opening of a wound or body cavity to facilitate discharge of fluid or purulent material.
Drainage
Emptying accomplished by draining
Drain
The act or process of draining.
Drain
A gradual outflow or loss; consumption or depletion
The drain of young talent by emigration.
Drain
Something that causes a gradual loss
Interruptions that are a drain on my patience.
Drain
A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole UK
The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
Drain
An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
Drain
Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
That rental property is a drain on our finances.
Drain
(vulgar) An act of urination.
Drain
(electronics) One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
Drain
(pinball) An outhole.
Drain
A drink.
Drain
(intransitive) To lose liquid.
The clogged sink drained slowly.
Drain
(intransitive) To flow gradually.
The water of low ground drains off.
Drain
To cause liquid to flow out of.
Please drain the sink. It's full of dirty water.
Drain
To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.
Drain
(transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
The stress of this job is really draining me.
Drain
(transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
Drain
To filter.
Drain
To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
Drain
To drink.
Drain
To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
But it was not alone that the he drained their treasure and hampered their industry.
Drain
To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.
Sinking waters, the firm land to drain,Filled the capacious deep and formed the main.
Drain
To filter.
Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh.
Drain
To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
Drain
To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
Drain
The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country; the project is a drain on resources.
Drain
That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
Drain
The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
Drain
Emptying accomplished by draining
Drain
Tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
Drain
A pipe through which liquid is carried away
Drain
A gradual depletion of energy or resources;
A drain on resources
A drain of young talent by emmigration
Drain
Flow off gradually;
The rain water drains into this big vat
Drain
Deplete of resources;
The exercise class drains me of energy
Drain
Empty of liquid; drain the liquid from;
We drained the oil tank
Drain
Make weak;
Life in the camp drained him
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