ebb vs low water

ebb

• The receding movement of the tide. 

• A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra). 

• A gradual decline. 

• A low state; a state of depression. 

• low, shallow 

• to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb 

• To cause to flow back. 

• to flow back or recede 

• to fall away or decline 

low water

• The location of low tide in a coastal area. 

• The temporary situation of having little money. 

• The lowest stage of a river.