deposit vs alluvium

alluvium vs deposit

deposit and alluvium both are nouns.

deposit is a verb but alluvium is not a verb.

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

As nouns, alluvium is a hyponym of deposit; that is, alluvium is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deposit:

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

Other hyponyms of deposit include alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvion, dregs, settlings, lees, lick, salt lick, evaporite.

deposit (noun)	alluvium (noun)
the act of putting something somewhere	clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
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

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

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