Lake vs. Waterhole

Lakenoun

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

Waterholenoun

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

Lakenoun

A large, landlocked stretch of water.

Waterholenoun

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

Lakenoun

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

Waterholenoun

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

Lakenoun

(obsolete) A pit, or ditch

Lakenoun

(obsolete) An offering, sacrifice, gift.

Lakenoun

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

Lakenoun

(obsolete) A kind of fine, white linen.

Lakenoun

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.

Lakeverb

(obsolete) To present an offering.

Lakeverb

To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.

Lakeverb

To make lake-red.

Lakenoun

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.

Lakenoun

A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.

Lakenoun

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.

Lakeverb

To play; to sport.

Lakenoun

a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

Lakenoun

a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal

Lakenoun

any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments

Lakenoun

a large area of water surrounded by land

‘Lake Victoria’; ‘boys were swimming in the lake’;

Lakenoun

the Lake District.

Lakenoun

a pool of liquid

‘the fish was served in a lake of spicy sauce’;

Lakenoun

a large surplus of a liquid commodity

‘the EU wine lake’;

Lakenoun

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

Lakenoun

a purplish-red pigment made in the same way as lake, originally one obtained from lac.

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.