sediment vs lees
lees vs sedimentsediment and lees both are nouns.
sediment is a verb but lees is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sediment | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| lees | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
lees is a hyponym of
sediment; that is, lees is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
sediment:
- sediment: matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- lees: the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
Other hyponyms of sediment include
alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvion, alluvium, dregs, settlings, lick, salt lick, evaporite.
| sediment (noun) | lees (noun) |
|---|---|
| matter that has been deposited by some natural process | the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage |
| sediment (verb) | lees (verb) |
|---|---|
| settle as sediment | |
| deposit as a sediment |
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