chute vs ditch

chute

noun
  • A waterfall or rapid. 

  • A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel. 

  • The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo. 

  • A parachute. 

  • A spinnaker. 

verb
  • To parachute. 

ditch

noun
  • A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. 

  • A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top. 

verb
  • To dig ditches around. 

  • To dig ditches. 

  • To throw into a ditch. 

  • To discard or abandon. 

  • To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey. 

  • To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water. 

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