Pothole vs. Sinkhole

Potholenoun

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

Sinkholenoun

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

Potholenoun

A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.

Sinkholenoun

A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.

Potholenoun

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

Sinkholenoun

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

Potholenoun

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

Sinkholenoun

(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.

Potholenoun

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

Sinkholenoun

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

Potholenoun

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.

Sinkholeverb

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

Potholenoun

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

Sinkholenoun

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 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.