blowhole vs leak

blowhole

verb
  • To fill or be filled with air in an unintended cavity. 

noun
  • A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, leading to a marine cave from which wave water or bursts of air are expelled. 

  • The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe. 

  • A vertical opening in the top of a computer case that lets hot air (primarily from the CPU heat sink) escape quickly. 

  • A vent for the escape of steam or other gas. 

  • An unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product. 

leak

verb
  • (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed. 

  • To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed. 

  • To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously. 

  • To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked. 

  • To urinate. 

  • To bleed. 

  • To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked. 

noun
  • A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape. 

  • The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture. 

  • The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions. 

  • A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret. 

  • The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs. 

  • A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs. 

  • An act of urination. 

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