Lake vs. Waterhole — What's the Difference?

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.

A depression in which water collects, especially one where wild animals come to drink.

A large area of water surrounded by land

(informal) A watering hole; a place where people meet to drink and talk.

An insoluble pigment made by combining a soluble organic dye and an insoluble mordant.

(astronomy) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between the regions where hydrogen and hydroxyl radiate, that is relatively quiet in terms of radio astronomy.

A large inland body of fresh water or salt water.

A scenic pond, as in a park.

A large pool of liquid

A pigment consisting of organic coloring matter with an inorganic, usually metallic base or carrier, used in dyes, inks, and paints.

A deep red.

A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.

A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake.

A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.

(obsolete) A pit, or ditch.

(obsolete) An offering, sacrifice, gift.

(dialectal) Play; sport; game; fun; glee.

(obsolete) A kind of fine, white linen.

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.

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.

(obsolete) To present an offering.

To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.

To make lake-red.

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.

A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.

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.

To play; to sport.

A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

A purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal

Any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments