different between confluence vs catchment

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin confluentia, from con- + fluere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?nflu?ns/
• Hyphenation: con?flu?ence

Noun

confluence (plural confluences)

1. The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

   We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

2. The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the lake meet.

   The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.

3. A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.

   The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.

4. (biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other
5. (computer science) In rewriting systems, property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.

Synonyms

• conflux
• watersmeet

Related terms

• confluence aloft

Translations

English

Etymology

catch +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kat?m?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæt?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: catch?ment

Noun

catchment (plural catchments)

1. (often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.
2. A catchment area, or the people it serves.

Derived terms

• catchment area
• catchment basin

Translations

Verb

catchment (third-person singular simple present catchments, present participle catchmenting, simple past and past participle catchmented)

1. To divide into catchment areas.

   the catchmenting of mental health services

Further reading

• catchment area on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• drainage basin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia