leak vs spout

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. 

spout

verb
  • To eject water or liquid in a jet. 

  • To gush forth in a jet or stream 

  • To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner. 

  • To speak tediously or pompously. 

noun
  • A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged. [[File:Spout (PSF).png|thumb|]] 

  • A hollow stump formed when a tree branch breaks off. 

  • A stream of liquid. 

  • The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale. 

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