different between sault vs waterfall

English

Etymology 1

Aphetic form of assault.

Noun

sault (plural saults)

1. (obsolete) Assault. [13th-17th c.]

Etymology 2

From Middle French sault, saut, from Latin saltus.

Pronunciation 2

• (US) enPR: so?o, IPA^(key): /su/

Noun

sault (plural saults)

1. (obsolete) A leap or jump, especially one made by a horse. [14th-18th c.]
2. (Canada, US) A waterfall; a rapid. [from 17th c.]

Anagrams

• Altus, Aults, Austl., Latus, Tauls, Tulsa, latus, talus

French

Noun

sault m (plural saults)

1. Archaic form of saut.

Middle French

Noun

sault m (plural saulz)

1. jump
2. waterfall
3. rapids on a watercourse

Related terms

• saulter

See also

• chutes (“waterfall”)
• rapides (“rapids”)

English

Etymology

From Middle English waterfal, waterfalle, from Old English wæter?efeall (“waterfall”), equivalent to water +? fall. Cognate with West Frisian wetterfal (“waterfall”), Dutch waterval (“waterfall”), German Wasserfall (“waterfall”), Swedish vattenfall (“waterfall”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w??t?f??l/
• (US) enPR: wô?t?r-fôl, IPA^(key): /?w?t?f?l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Noun

waterfall (plural waterfalls)

1. a flow of water over the edge of a cliff.

   Synonyms: cataract, cascade

2. (figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.

   A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.

3. (technical, computing, slang) Waterfall model

   A very long duration project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.

4. (slang, US) The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel.

   Hey man, can I take a waterfall from your bottle?

5. (colloquial, dated) A necktie.
6. (colloquial, dated) A chignon.
7. (colloquial, dated) A beard.

   I found home a dreary place after my long absence; for half the children I had known were now wearing whiskers or waterfalls... (Mark Twain, Roughing It)

Synonyms

• (flow of water over the edge a cliff): cascade, cataract, sault

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

waterfall (third-person singular simple present waterfalls, present participle waterfalling, simple past and past participle waterfalled)

1. (intransitive) To fall like a waterfall.
2. (transitive) To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.

Derived terms

• waterfalled
• waterfalling

See also

• cloudfall
• icefall
• smokefall