sediment vs deposit

deposit vs sediment

sediment and deposit both are nouns.

sediment and deposit both are verbs.

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

As nouns, sediment and deposit are synonyms defined as:

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

As verbs, deposit is a hypernym of sediment; that is, deposit is a word with a broader meaning than sediment:

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

Other hypernyms of sediment include fix, posit, situate.

sediment (noun)	deposit (noun)
matter that has been deposited by some natural process	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

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

Difference between sediment and deposit

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