Tributary vs. Confluence
Difference Between Tributary and Confluence
Tributarynoun
A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
Confluencenoun
The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.Tributarynoun
A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
Confluencenoun
The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the lake meet.
The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.Tributaryadjective
Related to the paying of tribute.
Confluencenoun
A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.Tributaryadjective
subordinate; inferior
Confluencenoun
(biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other
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.
The Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.Confluencenoun
(computer science) In rewriting systems, property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.
Tributarynoun
a branch that flows into the main stream
Confluencenoun
a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers);
Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela riversTributaryadjective
of a stream; flowing into a larger stream
Confluencenoun
a flowing together
Tributaryadjective
paying tribute;
a tributary colonyConfluencenoun
a coming together of people
Tributaryadjective
tending to bring about; being partly responsible for;
working conditions are not conducive to productivitythe seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the citya contributory factor
