Difference between Sewage and Effluent

What is the difference between Sewage and Effluent?

Sewage as a noun is a suspension of liquid and solid waste, and water runoff, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed. while Effluent as a noun is a stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.

Sewage

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A suspension of liquid and solid waste, and water runoff, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed. (Obsolete usage) sewerage.

Effluent

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Flowing out; outflowing.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.

We hope you now know whether to use Sewage or Effluent in your sentence.

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