River vs. Beck — What's the Difference?

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water.

Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide-ranging genres.

A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river

A gesture of beckoning or summons.

Abbr. R. A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.

A small brook; a creek.

A stream or abundant flow

A stream or small river.

The fifth and last of the community cards in various poker games, especially Texas hold'em.

A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.

To win a hand in poker by beating (someone) on the basis of the last community card that is turned up.

A vat.

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

Obsolete form of beak

Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

(archaic) To nod or motion with the head.

(poker) The last card dealt in a hand.

See Beak.

(typography) A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.

A small brook.

One who rives or splits.

A vat. See Back.

(poker) To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.

A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.

One who rives or splits.

To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.

A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.

To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.

Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.

A beckoning gesture

To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.

A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek);