Trowal vs. Trough — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Trowal and Trough
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Trowal
(meteorology) The projection on the Earth's surface of the trough of warm air aloft formed during the occlusion process of the depression.
Trough
A long, narrow, generally shallow receptacle for holding water or feed for animals.
Trough
Any of various similar containers for domestic or industrial use, such as kneading or washing.
Trough
A gutter under the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.
Trough
A long, narrow depression, as between waves or ridges.
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Trough
A low point in a business cycle or on a statistical graph.
Trough
(Meteorology) An elongated region of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with a front.
Trough
(Physics) A minimum point in a wave or an alternating signal.
Trough
A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
One of Hank's chores was to slop the pigs' trough each morning and evening.
Trough
Any similarly shaped container.
Trough
A rectangular container used for washing or rinsing clothes.
Ernest threw his paint brushes into a kind of trough he had fashioned from sheet metal that he kept in the sink.
Trough
A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.
There was a small trough that the sump pump emptied into; it was filled with mosquito larvae.
Trough
(Canada) A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.
The troughs were filled with leaves and needed clearing.
Trough
A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel.
Trough
A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle.
The buoy bobbed between the crests and troughs of the waves moving across the bay.
The neurologist pointed to a troubling trough in the pattern of his brain-waves.
Trough
(economy) low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle
Trough
(meteorology) A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.
Trough
To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough.
He troughed his way through three meat pies.
Trough
A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel.
Trough
Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc.
Trough
The transverse section of a cyclonic area where the barometric pressure, neither rising nor falling, has reached its lowest point.
Trough
A narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
Trough
A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
Trough
A concave shape with an open top
Trough
A treasury for government funds
Trough
A long narrow shallow receptacle
Trough
A container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
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