Pond vs. Puddle
Difference Between Pond and Puddle
Pondnoun
A still body of water smaller than a lake.
Puddlenoun
A small pool of water, especially rainwater.
Pondverb
To form ponds or large puddles
Debris blocked the culvert, and the stream began to pond.Puddlenoun
A small pool of a liquid.
Pondverb
To cause to form ponds or large puddles
The landslide ponded the stream.Puddlenoun
A tempered paste of wet clay and sand that serves as waterproofing when dry.
Pondverb
To form ponds or large puddles on (a piece of land).
Puddleverb
To make muddy.
Pondnoun
An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
Puddleverb
To work (clay or sand) into a thick watertight paste.
Pondnoun
An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
Puddleverb
To process (impure metal) by puddling.
Pondnoun
(colloquial) The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.
I wonder how they do this on the other side of the pond.I haven't been back home across the pond in twenty years.Puddleverb
To splash or dabble in or as if in a pool of liquid.
Pondverb
(transitive) To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
Puddlenoun
A small pool of water, usually on a path or road.
Pondverb
(transitive) To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
Puddlenoun
Stagnant or polluted water.
Pondverb
(intransitive) To form a pond; to pool.
Puddlenoun
A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
Pondverb
To ponder.
Puddlenoun
(rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
Pondnoun
a small lake;
the pond was too small for sailingPuddleverb
To form a puddle.
Puddleverb
To play or splash in a puddle.
Puddleverb
(entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
Puddleverb
To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
Puddleverb
To line a canal with puddle (clay).
Puddleverb
To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
Puddleverb
To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
Puddleverb
To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
Puddlenoun
a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
Puddlenoun
a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid;
there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rainthe body lay in a pool of bloodPuddlenoun
something resembling a pool of liquid;
he stood in a pool of lighthis chair sat in a puddle of books and magazinesPuddleverb
wade or dabble in a puddle;
The ducks and geese puddled in the backyardPuddleverb
subject to puddling or form by puddling;
puddle ironPuddleverb
dip into mud before planting;
puddle young plantsPuddleverb
work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
Puddleverb
mess around, as in a liquid or paste;
The children are having fun puddling in paintPuddleverb
make into a puddle;
puddled mirePuddleverb
make a puddle by splashing water
Puddleverb
mix up or confuse;
He muddled the issuesPuddleverb
eliminate urine;
Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
