Plumbing vs. Pluming — What's the Difference?

Plumbing is any system that conveys fluids for a wide range of applications. Plumbing uses pipes, valves, plumbing fixtures, tanks, and other apparatuses to convey fluids.

The act by which something is plumed.

The pipes, fixtures, and other apparatus of a water, gas, or sewage system in a building.

A feather, especially a large and showy one.

The work or trade of a plumber.

A large feather, cluster of feathers, or similar ornament worn on a helmet, hat, or horse's harness.

(Informal) An arrangement of bodily vessels or ducts

A token of honor or achievement.

The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.

A mass or stream of material that resembles a long feather:a plume of smoke.

The trade or occupation of a plumber.

An area or section of air, water, or soil containing pollutants released from a point source.

(informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.

(Geology)An upwelling of molten material from the earth's mantle.

, concrete work serving to support other work.

To decorate, cover, or supply with a plume or plumes:"Her black velvet hat was plumed with a spray of violets"(Jim Rasenberger).

(countable) A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments.

To smooth or clean (feathers) with the bill or beak; preen.

The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc.

To congratulate (oneself) in a self-satisfied way:plumed himself on his victory.

The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.

To rise or emanate in a plume:Smoke plumed from the chimney.

Utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage

Present participle of plume

The occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)

Measuring the depths of the oceans