Course and River

Course

Course noun - An open man-made passageway for water.

Usage example: the Erie Canal was replaced by a much larger course, the New York State Barge Canal

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River and course are semantically related in stream topic. In some cases you can use "River" instead a noun "Course".

Nearby Words: coursed, coursing, courser, courseware

River

River noun - A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).

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Synonyms for River

Course and river are semantically related in nature topic. You can use "Course" instead a noun "River", if it concerns topics such as stream, waterway.

Nearby Words: rive, riverside, riverine

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How words are described

good	good course	good river
particular	particular course	particular river
certain	certain course	certain river
current	current course	current river
Other adjectives: single, small, actual, entire, real, huge, dangerous, major, deadly, random, literal, local, giant, longest.

Both words in one sentence

Of course, with most of the river levels eventually hurting you if you end up in the river...

Source: Variable Mix
River has just come from the crash of the Byzantium, where of course she had to pretend not to know who Amy really was.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S32 E13 "The Wedding of River Song"
The official bird of Western Australia, appearing on the states flag and having a river named after it (of course, it's just called the Swan River).

Source: Useful Notes / Australian Wildlife

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