Tributary vs. River

Tributarynoun

A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.

Tributarynoun

A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.

Tributaryadjective

Related to the paying of tribute.

Tributaryadjective

subordinate; inferior

Tributaryadjective

Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.

Tributaryadjective

Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.

Tributaryadjective

Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.

Tributaryadjective

Paid in tribute.

Tributaryadjective

Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.

Tributarynoun

A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security.

Tributarynoun

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.

Tributarynoun

a branch that flows into the main stream

Tributaryadjective

of a stream; flowing into a larger stream

Tributaryadjective

paying tribute;

Tributaryadjective

tending to bring about; being partly responsible for;

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean.

Rivernoun

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, ending at an ocean or in an inland sea.

Rivernoun

Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

Rivernoun

(poker) The last card dealt in a hand.

Rivernoun

(typography) A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.

Rivernoun

One who rives or splits.

Riververb

(poker) To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.

Rivernoun

One who rives or splits.

Rivernoun

A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.

Rivernoun

Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.

Riververb

To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.

Rivernoun

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek);

Rivernoun

a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river

Rivernoun

a large quantity of a flowing substance

Rivernoun

used in names of animals and plants living in or associated with rivers, e.g. river dolphin.

River

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water.