well vs sump
sump vs wellwell and sump both are nouns.
well is an adjective but sump is not an adjective.
well is a verb but sump is not a verb.
well is an adverb but sump is not an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| well | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| sump | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
sump is a hyponym of
well; that is, sump is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
well:
- well: a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- sump: a well or other hole in which water has collected
| well (noun) | sump (noun) |
|---|---|
| a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine | a well or other hole in which water has collected |
| an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps | an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine |
| an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway) | a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it |
| a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid | |
| an abundant source |
| well (adjective) | sump (adjective) |
|---|---|
| in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury | |
| wise or advantageous and hence advisable | |
| resulting favorably |
| well (verb) | sump (verb) |
|---|---|
| come up, as of a liquid |
| well (adverb) | sump (adverb) |
|---|---|
| (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well') | |
| without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor | |
| indicating high probability; in all likelihood | |
| thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form | |
| favorably; with approval | |
| to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree | |
| in financial comfort | |
| in a manner affording benefit or advantage | |
| to a great extent or degree | |
| with skill or in a pleasing manner | |
| with prudence or propriety | |
| with great or especially intimate knowledge | |
| (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully |
Words related to "well"
- advantageously
- advisable
- artesian well
- asymptomatic
- badly
- bilge well
- combining form
- come up
- comfortably
- compartment
- considerably
- cured
- driven well
- easily
- excavation
- fit
- fortunate
- fountainhead
- gas well
- good
- healed
- healthy
- ill
- inkstand
- inkwell
- intensifier
- intensive
- intimately
- oil well
- oiler
- pump well
- recovered
- rise
- rise up
- shaft
- source
- stairwell
- substantially
- sump
- surface
- swell
- symptomless
- tube well
- vessel
- wellness
- wellspring
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