Nozzle vs. Spout — What's the Difference?

A nozzle is a device designed to control the direction or characteristics of a fluid flow (specially to increase velocity) as it exits (or enters) an enclosed chamber or pipe. A nozzle is often a pipe or tube of varying cross sectional area, and it can be used to direct or modify the flow of a fluid (liquid or gas).

To gush forth in a rapid stream or in spurts

A projecting part with an opening, as at the end of a hose, for regulating and directing a flow of fluid.

To discharge a liquid or other substance continuously or in spurts

(Slang) The human nose.

To speak in a wordy, dull, or pompous manner

A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.

To discharge (a flowing or spurting liquid); release

A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.

To utter in a wordy, dull, or pompous manner

The nose of an animal; muzzle.

Chiefly British To pawn.

The part of an earbud that accommodates eartips.

A tube, lip, or hole through which liquid is released or discharged

The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.

A continuous stream of liquid.

A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.

The burst of spray from the blowhole of a whale.

A projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged

Chiefly British A pawnshop.

Informal terms for the nose

A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged. thumb|

A stream of liquid.

The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.

(AU) A hollow stump formed when a tree branch breaks off.

(intransitive) To gush forth in a jet or stream

(ambitransitive) To eject water or liquid in a jet.

(intransitive) To speak tediously or pompously.

(transitive) To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.

To pawn; to pledge.

To throw out forcibly and abundantly, as liquids through an orifice or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk.

To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.

To pawn; to pledge; as, to spout a watch.

To issue with violence, or in a jet, as a liquid through a narrow orifice, or from a spout; as, water spouts from a hole; blood spouts from an artery.

To eject water or liquid in a jet.

To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner.

That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is conveyed in a stream from one place to another; as, the spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting water from the roof of a building.

A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle.

A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when rising in a column; also, a waterspout.

An opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain

Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet;

Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner