What's the difference between arroyo and gulch?

Arroyo


Definition:

  • (n.) A water course; a rivulet.
  • (n.) The dry bed of a small stream.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) People don’t understand trade policies,” said José Arroyo, who has been working with the United Steelworkers to stem the exodus of Democratic voters around Youngstown, an Ohio city surrounded by abandoned, crumbling factories.
  • (2) Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the former Philippine president, has been charged with electoral fraud after the government rushed to court to prevent her from leaving the country.
  • (3) Local human rights officials voiced fears that the Philippine government would pull its punches in any investigation because the Ampatuans have helped deliver votes for Arroyo in past elections.
  • (4) Rodrigo Duterte also said he would pardon ex-president Gloria Arroyo, who is being detained at a military hospital while on trial for graft and vote fraud.
  • (5) The vote counts were 72-16 against Arroyo, 86-4 against Gadir, 88-2 against Ganga, 72-16 against Keita, 76-12 against Santander and 67-19 against Wallwork.
  • (6) America’s best chance came when Luke Shaw felled striker Michael Arroyo on the edge of the area.
  • (7) Primate scapula and ulna fragments of uncertain taxonomic affinity (MACN-SC 101) have been recovered from the Pinturas deposits at Arroyo Feo, Santa Cruz, Argentina in association with Santacrucian (Early Miocene) land mammals.
  • (8) Arroyo's legal spokesman, Raul Lambino, said the case was fabricated.
  • (9) They are not going to spread it out smoothly all over the place like creamy peanut butter,” said Vicki Arroyo, who heads the climate centre at the Georgetown University law school.
  • (10) Based on a personal experience after having established a cardiology clinic in the town of Arroyo (Puerto Rico), we analyzed the patient population served and the services that were rendered.
  • (11) Her predecessor, Joseph Estrada, was toppled on corruption charges by a military-backed revolt in 2001 and sentenced to life in prison, but was pardoned by Arroyo.
  • (12) The article relates the story of a 25-year-old staff sergeant, Israel Arroyo, who sent an email to McChrystal from the front line in Afghanistan: "I am writing because it was said you don't care about the troops and have made it harder to defend ourselves".
  • (13) The justice secretary, Leila de Lima, said Arroyo may be intending to seek political asylum abroad.
  • (14) Agustin Arroyo of Ecuador, Zein El Abdin Ahmed Abdel Gadir of Sudan, Jean-Claude Ganga of the Congo Republic, Lamine Keita of Mali, Sergio Santander of Chile and Paul Wallwork of Samoa were believed to be the first IOC members kicked out for corruption in the panel's 105 years.
  • (15) She openly supported the removal of Joseph Estrada from the presidency in 2001, and on the discovery of alleged evidence linking President Arroyo to ballot fraud in 2005 she called for her resignation.
  • (16) Arroyo tried to leave the country with her husband on Tuesday, saying she was seeking medical treatment abroad for a bone ailment.
  • (17) As the full extent of the carnage emerged, domestic and international pressure is growing on Arroyo to find and punish those responsible.
  • (18) McChrystal then turned up at Arroyo's base and went on foot patrol with him in an attempt to understand what the soldier meant.
  • (19) The commission asked for a court order barring Arroyo from travel, and a judge will decide whether to issue an arrest warrant.
  • (20) After stepping down last year Arroyo, 64, was elected to the house of representatives and immediately faced at least half a dozen complaints, also alleging she diverted state funds for her campaign effort and benefited from foreign contracts.

Gulch


Definition:

  • (n.) Act of gulching or gulping.
  • (n.) A glutton.
  • (n.) A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully.
  • (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Hippies and peaceniks hid out in California Gulch, a fertile valley nearby.
  • (2) TOP TIP Don't miss Pinnacle's unique talus caves, Bear Gulch in the east and Balconies Cave in the west.

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