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What is the difference between seepage and leakage?
Does this two nouns and their verbs mean the same?
As far as I know, both mean a liquid unexpectedly flowing out of something (pipe, tube, hose, etc.)
Thanks for the help! :)
3 de mar. de 2019 21:54
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Usually, to seep is to go slowly through a porous material. (example - Blood seeped through the bandage.)
Usually, to leak is to go through a hole or a crack. (example - Water leaked from the cracked pipe.)
New Oxford American Dictionary
seep | sip |
verb
flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes
leak | lik |
verb
1 accidentally lose or admit contents, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack
3 de marzo de 2019
Seepage is a very very very slow leakage / process.
Seepage - to leak over time
3 de marzo de 2019
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