alluvium vs deposit

deposit vs alluvium

alluvium and deposit both are nouns.

alluvium is not a verb while deposit is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alluvium	Yes	No	No	No
deposit	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, deposit is a hypernym of alluvium; that is, deposit is a word with a broader meaning than alluvium:

alluvium: clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
deposit: matter that has been deposited by some natural process

Other hypernyms of alluvium include sediment.

alluvium (noun)	deposit (noun)
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down	the act of putting something somewhere
	a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
	a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
	matter that has been deposited by some natural process
	the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
	a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
	money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
	money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
	the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

alluvium (verb)	deposit (verb)
	put, fix, force, or implant
	put (something somewhere) firmly
	put into a bank account

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