Pond vs. Puddle — What's the Difference?

A pond is an area filled with water, either natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake. Ponds can be created by a wide variety of natural processes (e.g.

A puddle is a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface. It can form either by pooling in a depression on the surface, or by surface tension upon a flat surface.

A still body of water smaller than a lake.

A small pool of water, especially rainwater.

To form ponds or large puddles

A small pool of a liquid.

To cause to form ponds or large puddles

A tempered paste of wet clay and sand that serves as waterproofing when dry.

To form ponds or large puddles on (a piece of land).

To make muddy.

An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

To work (clay or sand) into a thick watertight paste.

An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.

To process (impure metal) by puddling.

(colloquial) The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.

To splash or dabble in or as if in a pool of liquid.

(transitive) To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.

A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.

(transitive) To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.

Stagnant or polluted water.

(intransitive) To form a pond; to pool.

A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.

To ponder.

(rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.

A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake.

To form a puddle.

To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.

To play or splash in a puddle.

To ponder.

(entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.

A small lake;

To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.

To line a canal with puddle (clay).

To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.

To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.

To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).

A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.

Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water.

To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).

To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water.

To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron.

To make a dirty stir.

A mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry

A small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid;

Something resembling a pool of liquid;

Wade or dabble in a puddle;

Subject to puddling or form by puddling;

Dip into mud before planting;

Work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

Mess around, as in a liquid or paste;

Make into a puddle;

Make a puddle by splashing water

Mix up or confuse;

Eliminate urine;