Difference between Reflux and Ebb

What is the difference between Reflux and Ebb?

Reflux as a noun is the backwards flow of any fluid while Ebb as a noun is the receding movement of the tide.

Reflux

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the backwards flow of any fluid a technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser

Ebb

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The receding movement of the tide.A gradual declinelow state, state of depressionThe European bunting

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: low, shallow

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to flow back or recedeto fall away or declineto fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb

Example sentence: I love so much what I do that I spend so much time thinking about it, and then I go home, and then I'm thinking about it, so it's nice sometimes when a movie is over, and then the niggling feelings about whether you've did it right or not start to ebb away.

We hope you now know whether to use Reflux or Ebb in your sentence.

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