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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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the steams and brooks

The walks that Robert Frost took on his farm allowed him to observe the details of nature and the rural landscape: the flowers and leaves, the streams and brooks, the changing seasons.

Hi,
Are the "streams" and the "brooks" in the above refer to the same thing as the "creek?" Thanks.
  

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I don't know of any major differences. However, the following adjectives do not seem interchangeable to me: babbling brook flowing stream muddy creek

  • I don't know of any major differences.
  • However, the following adjectives do not seem interchangeable to me: babbling brook flowing stream muddy creek
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I don't know of any major differences. However, the following adjectives do not seem interchangeable to me:

babbling brook
flowing stream
muddy creek

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