Lake vs. Stream — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lake and Stream
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Lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although like the much larger oceans, they form part of Earth's water cycle.
Stream
A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. The flow of a stream is controlled by three inputs – surface water, subsurface water and groundwater.
Lake
A large area of water surrounded by land
Lake Victoria
Boys were swimming in the lake
Stream
A small, narrow river
A perfect trout stream
Lake
An insoluble pigment made by combining a soluble organic dye and an insoluble mordant.
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Stream
A continuous flow of liquid, air, or gas
Frank blew out a stream of smoke
The blood gushed out in scarlet streams
Lake
A large inland body of fresh water or salt water.
Stream
A continuous flow of data or instructions, typically one having a constant or predictable rate.
Lake
A scenic pond, as in a park.
Stream
A group in which schoolchildren of the same age and ability are taught.
Children in the top streams
Lake
A large pool of liquid
A lake of spilled coffee on my desk.
Stream
(of liquid, air, gas, etc.) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction
She sat with tears streaming down her face
Sunlight streamed through the windows
Lake
A pigment consisting of organic coloring matter with an inorganic, usually metallic base or carrier, used in dyes, inks, and paints.
Stream
Transmit or receive (data, especially video and audio material) over the Internet as a steady, continuous flow.
Lake
A deep red.
Stream
Put (schoolchildren) in groups of the same age and ability to be taught together.
In the coming school year, we were to be streamed
Lake
A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
Stream
A flow of water in a channel or bed, as a brook, rivulet, or small river.
Lake
A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake.
Stream
A steady current in such a flow of water.
Lake
A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
Stream
A steady current of a fluid.
Lake
(obsolete) A pit, or ditch.
Stream
A large amount or number moving or occurring in steady succession
A stream of commuters.
A stream of insults.
Lake
(obsolete) An offering, sacrifice, gift.
Stream
A trend, course, or drift, as of opinion, thought, or history.
Lake
(dialectal) Play; sport; game; fun; glee.
Stream
A beam or ray of light.
Lake
(obsolete) A kind of fine, white linen.
Stream
Chiefly British A course of study to which students are tracked.
Lake
In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.
Stream
(Computers) A steady flow of data.
Lake
In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.
The name of a lake prepared by extending the aluminum salt prepared from FD&C Blue No. 1 upon the substratum would be FD&C Blue No. 1--Aluminum Lake.
Stream
To flow in a stream or current.
Lake
(obsolete) To present an offering.
Stream
To pour forth or give off a stream; flow
My eyes were streaming with tears.
Lake
To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.
Stream
To move or arrive in large numbers; pour
Traffic was streaming by. Fan mail streamed in.
Lake
To make lake-red.
Stream
To extend, wave, or float outward
The banner streamed in the breeze.
Lake
A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc.
Stream
To leave a continuous trail of light.
Lake
A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.
Stream
To give forth a continuous stream of light rays or beams; shine.
Lake
A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area.
Stream
To emit, discharge, or exude (a body fluid, for example).
Lake
To play; to sport.
Stream
(Computers) To transmit or receive (audio or video content), especially over the internet, in small, sequential packets that permit the content to be played continuously as it is being received and without saving it to a hard disk.
Lake
A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
Stream
A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
Lake
A purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
Stream
A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.
Lake
Any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments
Stream
Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse.
Stream
All moving waters.
Stream
(computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
Stream
(figurative) A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.
Stream
A division of a school year by perceived ability.
All of the bright kids went into the A stream, but I was in the B stream.
Stream
A live stream.
Stream
(intransitive) To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
Stream
(intransitive) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
A flag streams in the wind.
Stream
(transitive) To discharge in a stream.
The soldier's wound was streaming blood.
Stream
(Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
Stream
A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.
Stream
A beam or ray of light.
Stream
Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand.
Stream
A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather.
Stream
Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.
Stream
To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes.
Beneath those banks where rivers stream.
Stream
To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.
A thousand suns will stream on thee.
Stream
To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.
Stream
To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.
Stream
To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears.
It may so please that she at length will streamSome dew of grace into my withered heart.
Stream
To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.
The herald's mantle is streamed with gold.
Stream
To unfurl.
Stream
A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
Stream
Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;
Two streams of development run through American history
Stream of consciousness
The flow of thought
The current of history
Stream
A steady flow (usually from natural causes);
The raft floated downstream on the current
He felt a stream of air
Stream
The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
Stream
Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously;
A stream of people emptied from the terminal
The museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors
Stream
To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind;
Their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind
Stream
Exude profusely;
She was streaming with sweat
His nose streamed blood
Stream
Move in large numbers;
People were pouring out of the theater
Beggars pullulated in the plaza
Stream
Rain heavily;
Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
Stream
Flow freely and abundantly;
Tears streamed down her face
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