Difference between Sewerage and Sewer

What is the difference between Sewerage and Sewer?

Sewerage as a noun is a sewer system. while Sewer as a noun is a pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

Sewerage

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sewer system. A common solecism for sewage.

Sewer

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.A servant attending at a meal, responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes etc.A person who sews.

Example sentence: We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet. In my view we have nothing to show for it. We haven't invested in our roads, our bridges, our waste-water systems, our sewer systems. We haven't even maintained the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us.

We hope you now know whether to use Sewerage or Sewer in your sentence.

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