How to use leak in a sentence. The word leak can be a noun or a verb, but leakage is only a noun, so that's one difference When used as nouns the two words can have the same meaning, i.e An act or instance of leaking or any means of unintended entrance or escape. A leak is a crack, hole, or other gap that a substance such as a liquid or gas can pass through. Understanding the difference between leak and leek is fairly straightforward
A leak refers to the act of a liquid or gas passing through a hole or crack, or to the hole itself through which the substance is escaping It's commonly used in plumbing or discussions about confidential information being released. Idiom take a leak/have a leak (definition of leak from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press) Leak and leakage are two terms that are often used interchangeably, but they have slightly different meanings A leak is typically a small hole or opening through which a substance, such as water or gas, escapes. Leaks are usually unintended and therefore undesired
A sudden loss is usually called a spill The matter leaking in or out can be gas, liquid, a highly viscous paste, or even a solid such as a powdered or granular solid or other solid particles.
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