Pool vs. Puddle — What's the Difference?

A small body of still water.

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.

An accumulation of standing liquid; a puddle

A small pool of water, especially rainwater.

A deep or still place in a stream.

A small pool of a liquid.

A swimming pool.

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

An underground accumulation of petroleum or gas in porous sedimentary rock.

To make muddy.

A game of chance, resembling a lottery, in which the contestants put staked money into a common fund that is later paid to the winner.

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

A fund containing all the money bet in a game of chance or on the outcome of an event.

To process (impure metal) by puddling.

A supply, as of vehicles or workers, available for use by a group.

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

A group of journalists who cover an event and then by agreement share their reports with participating news media

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

A mutual fund established by a group of stockholders for speculating in or manipulating prices of securities.

Stagnant or polluted water.

The persons or parties participating in such a fund.

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

A grouping of assets, such as mortgages, that serves as a basis for the issuing of securities.

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

An agreement between competing business concerns to establish controls over production, market, and prices for common profit.

To form a puddle.

Any of several games played on a six-pocket billiards table usually with 15 object balls and a cue ball. Also called pocket billiards.

To play or splash in a puddle.

To form pools or a pool

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

To accumulate in a body part

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

To put into a pool, as for common use

To line a canal with puddle (clay).

To join or form a pool.

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

A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.

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

Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

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

Ellipsis of swimming pool

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

A supply of resources.

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

A set of resources that are kept ready to use.

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

A small amount of liquid on a surface.

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

A localized glow of light.

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.

A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.

To make a dirty stir.

(sport) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour, 7 of another, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.

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

In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.

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

(fencing) A group of fencers taking part in a competition.

Something resembling a pool of liquid;

Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

Wade or dabble in a puddle;

The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.

Subject to puddling or form by puddling;

A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.

Dip into mud before planting;

A set of players in quadrille etc.

Work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

(rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.

Mess around, as in a liquid or paste;

(legal) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.

Make into a puddle;

To form a pool.

Make a puddle by splashing water

(transitive) To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.

Mix up or confuse;

(intransitive) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.

Eliminate urine;

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon.

A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.

A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.

In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.

Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool.

A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.

An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.

To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic.

To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.

An excavation that is (usually) filled with water

A small lake;

An organization of people or resources that can be shared;

An association of companies for some definite purpose

Any communal combination of funds;

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

The combined stakes of the betters

Something resembling a pool of liquid;

Any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets

Combine into a common fund;

Join or form a pool of people