The difference between Faucet and Valve

When used as nouns, faucet means an exposed plumbing fitting, whereas valve means a device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.


Valve is also verb with the meaning: to control (flow) by means of a valve.

check bellow for the other definitions of Faucet and Valve

  1. Faucet as a noun (North America):

    An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.

  1. Valve as a noun:

    A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.

  2. Valve as a noun:

    A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.

  3. Valve as a noun (anatomy):

    One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction

    Examples:

    "the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves"

  4. Valve as a noun:

    One of the leaves of a folding door.

  5. Valve as a noun (British):

    A vacuum tube.

  6. Valve as a noun (botany):

    One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.

  7. Valve as a noun (botany):

    A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.

  8. Valve as a noun (biology):

    One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.

  9. Valve as a noun (biology):

    One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.

  1. Valve as a verb (transitive):

    To control (flow) by means of a valve.

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