what is the difference between a creek and a stream?

[Kali]

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. a creek runs into a stream

:shrug:

[Lionel Mandrake]

2. My joints don't stream,

and there is no creeking video. ;)

[av8rdave]

3. A creek is a small body of water that moves across the ground

Stream has to do with the elimination of urine from the body.

[XemaSab]

4. Place names around here are usually "Something Creek"

:shrug:

[KamaAina]

5. There's no such thing as "creeking video"

:P

[Hotler]

6. Creeks trickle. Streams flow. eom.

[trof]

7. Streams meander, creeks are crookedy.

:-)

[trof]

8. And one more...

Creek is the name of an Indian tribe.
'Stream' is what comes out of a man's penis.
;-)

[astral]

13. No, that would be a drip, not a stream.

What I lose sleep over is this:

What is the difference between a creek and a crick?

[madinmaryland]

9. There is a "creekdog" on DU, but no "streamdog".

[pokerfan]

10. they are actually quite different

1. A creek is a pain in the neck.

2. A stream is what comes out of a Ghostbusters proton pack.

"There's something very important I forgot to tell you! Don't cross the streams… It would be bad… Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light." —Egon Spengler

[bluedigger]

11. Size.

Creeks (and brooks) are little streams. What's it to you, desert dweller?;-)

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. Sometimes, it's difficult to tell WHICH nomenclature is correct for a body of water...

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... in which case -- it becomes known as a "streek"...
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... or a "creem"...
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...which is not to be confused with...
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..."This guy was streeking... then Security creemed him.

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[ellisonz]

14. Dictionary

Definition of CREEK
1
chiefly British : a small inlet or bay narrower and extending farther inland than a cove
2
: a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river
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archaic : a narrow or winding passage


1stream
noun \ˈstrēm\
1
: a body of running water (as a river or brook) flowing on the earth; also : any body of flowing fluid (as water or gas)
2
a : a steady succession (as of words or events) <kept up an endless stream of chatter>