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Pothole vs. Sinkhole — What's the Difference?

Pothole vs. Sinkhole — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Pothole and Sinkhole

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Pothole

A pothole is a depression in a road surface, usually asphalt pavement, where traffic has removed broken pieces of the pavement. It is usually the result of water in the underlying soil structure and traffic passing over the affected area.

Sinkhole

A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are locally also known as vrtače and shakeholes, and to openings where surface water enters into underground passages known as ponor, swallow hole or swallet.

Pothole

A hole or pit, especially one in a road surface. Also called chuckhole.

Sinkhole

A natural depression formed by the undermining or sudden collapse of the land surface, often as a result of groundwater enlarging cavities in underlying limestone or other easily soluble bedrock.

Pothole

A deep round hole worn in rock by loose stones whirling in strong rapids or waterfalls.
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Sinkhole

(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.

Pothole

Western US A place filled with mud or quicksand that is a hazard to cattle.

Sinkhole

A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.

Pothole

A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.

Sinkhole

(pinball) A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it.

Pothole

A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.

Sinkhole

(internet) A domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website.

Pothole

(geology) A vertical cave system, often found in limestone.

Sinkhole

(computer security) An attack which redirects requests - be it network or memory accesses - to a new location defined by the attacker.

Pothole

(archaeology) A pit resulting from unauthorized excavation by treasure hunters or vandals.

Sinkhole

To configure as a sinkhole domain name server that gives non-routeable addresses.

Pothole

A hole or recess on the top of a stove into which a pot may be placed.

Sinkhole

A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

Pothole

A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.

Pothole

A pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface)

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