Difference between Reservoir and Pond

What is the difference between Reservoir and Pond?

Reservoir as a noun is a place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts. while Pond as a noun is an inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

Reservoir

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter. A supply or source of something.

Example sentence: As a movie fan, I remember Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender and the sort of energy around 'Reservoir Dogs,' and the jump from 'Reservoir Dogs' to 'Pulp Fiction,' and how everybody was stoked on Quentin's career.

Pond

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.

We hope you now know whether to use Reservoir or Pond in your sentence.

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