fountain vs well

fountain

noun
  • A natural source of water; a spring. 

  • An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure. 

  • A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn. 

  • A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge). 

  • A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it. 

  • A roundel barry wavy argent and azure. 

  • A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain. 

  • Anything that resembles a fountain in operation. 

  • The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue. 

  • A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into. 

  • A soda fountain. 

verb
  • To flow or gush as if from a fountain. 

well

noun
  • A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring. 

  • A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market. 

  • A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects. 

  • A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water. 

  • A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries. 

  • A source of supply. 

  • The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall. 

  • An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole. 

  • In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes. 

  • A well drink. 

  • A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids. 

  • The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls. 

  • The cockpit of a sailboat. 

  • The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom. 

  • A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate. 

adj
  • Prudent; good; well-advised. 

  • In good health. 

  • Good, content. 

verb
  • To have something seep out of the surface. 

  • To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. 

adv
  • To a significant degree. 

  • In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously. 

  • Accurately, competently, satisfactorily. 

  • Completely, fully. 

  • Very (as a general-purpose intensifier). 

intj
  • An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and spoken in a lowering intonation). 

  • Used to acknowledge a statement or situation. 

  • An exclamation of indignance. 

  • Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something. 

  • Used in speech to fill gaps, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question; filled pause. 

  • Used as a greeting 

  • Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer. 

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