chute vs duct

chute

noun
  • 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. 

  • A waterfall or rapid. 

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

  • A parachute. 

  • A spinnaker. 

verb
  • To parachute. 

duct

noun
  • a tube or elongated cavity (such as a xylem vessel) for conveying water, sap, or air 

  • a vessel for conveying lymph or glandular secretions such as tears or bile 

  • a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another 

  • a layer (as in the atmosphere or the ocean) which occurs under usually abnormal conditions and in which radio or sound waves are confined to a restricted path 

  • an enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs, telephone cables, or other conductors 

verb
  • to enclose in a duct 

  • to channel something (such as a gas) or propagate something (such as radio waves) through a duct or series of ducts 

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