Venturi vs. Orifice

Venturinoun

A venturi tube.

Orificenoun

A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.

‘the orifice of an artery or vein;’; ‘the orifice of a wound;’; ‘the vagina and other orifices’;

Venturinoun

The throat of a carburetor.

Orificenoun

A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.

‘Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous orifice.’;

Venturinoun

A constriction in the flow of air to lungs.

Orificenoun

an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity;

‘the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart’;

Venturinoun

United States architect (born in 1925)

Venturinoun

a tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in the air inlet of a carburetor)