conduit vs water carrier

conduit

noun
  • A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc. 

  • A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway. 

  • A means by which something is transmitted. 

  • An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets. 

water carrier

noun
  • A pipe or tube that conveys water. 

  • An arrangement of wires on which a bucket of water, raised from a well, etc., may be conveyed wherever required, as to a house. 

  • A person who carries water from a spring or well, especially in antiquity and pre-modern era when it was a common job. 

  • A transportation ship that is water-based. 

  • An individual doing simple, ordinary work, usually in opposition to somebody considered more valuable. 

  • Aquarius, or a symbol for it. 

  • A domestique. 

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