deposit vs sediment

sediment vs deposit

deposit and sediment both are nouns.

deposit and sediment both are verbs.

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

As nouns, deposit and sediment are synonyms defined as:

deposit and sediment: matter that has been deposited by some natural process

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

deposit: put (something somewhere) firmly
sediment: deposit as a sediment

Other hyponyms of deposit include bury.

deposit (noun)	sediment (noun)
the act of putting something somewhere	matter that has been deposited by some natural process
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)	sediment (verb)
put, fix, force, or implant	settle as sediment
put (something somewhere) firmly	deposit as a sediment
put into a bank account

Difference between deposit and sediment

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