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pump vs valve

valve vs pump

pump and valve both are nouns.

pump is a verb but valve is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pump Yes No Yes No
valve Yes No No No
pump (noun) valve (noun)
a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
a low-cut shoe without fastenings the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs
the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid
device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
pump (verb) valve (verb)
question persistently
deliver forth
operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
draw or pour with a pump
flow intermittently
move up and down
supply in great quantities
Difference between pump and valve

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