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water vs backwater

backwater vs water

water and backwater both are nouns.

water is a verb but backwater is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
water Yes No Yes No
backwater Yes No No No
As nouns, backwater is a hyponym of water; that is, backwater is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than water:
  • water: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
  • backwater: a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
Other hyponyms of water include bay, embayment, channel, drink, estuary, flowage, crossing, ford, gulf, high sea, international waters, inlet, recess, lake, briny, main, mid-water, ocean, offing, polynya, pool, puddle, sea, seven seas, shallow, shoal, sound, stream, watercourse, territorial waters, falls, waterfall, waterway.
water (noun) backwater (noun)
a facility that provides a source of water a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
liquid excretory product
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour phlegm
water (verb) backwater (verb)
secrete or form water, as tears or saliva
supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
fill with tears
provide with water
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