The difference between River and Stream
When used as nouns, river means a large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, ending at an ocean or in an inland sea, whereas stream means a small river.
When used as verbs, river means to improve one's hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game, whereas stream means to flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
check bellow for the other definitions of River and Stream
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River as a noun:
A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, ending at an ocean or in an inland sea.
Examples:
"Occasionally rivers overflow their [[bank]]s and cause floods."
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River as a noun:
Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.
Examples:
"a river of blood"
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River as a noun (poker):
The last card dealt in a hand.
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River as a noun (typography):
A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.
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River as a verb (poker):
To improve one's hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.
Examples:
"Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades."
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River as a noun:
One who rives or splits.
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Stream as a noun:
A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
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Stream as a noun:
A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
Examples:
"He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass."
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Stream as a noun:
Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
Examples:
"Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse."
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Stream as a noun (sciences, [[umbrella term]]):
All moving waters.
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Stream as a noun (computing):
A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
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Stream as a noun (figurative):
A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
Examples:
"Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture."
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Stream as a noun (UK, education):
A division of a school year by perceived ability.
Examples:
"All of the bright kids went into the A stream, but I was in the B stream."
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Stream as a verb (intransitive):
To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
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Stream as a verb:
To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
Examples:
"A flag streams in the wind."
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Stream as a verb (Internet):
To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.