Hydro vs. Hydra

By Jaxson

  • Hydro (adjective)

    hydroelectric

  • Hydro (adjective)

    hydroponic

    “hydro watercress”

  • Hydro (noun)

    hydroelectric power

  • Hydro (noun)

    electrical power supply; specifically, electrical power provided by a utility (as a publicly-owned one); payment or bills for this.

    “I won’t have lights until my house gets the hydro turned on.”

    “She was having trouble paying the hydro.”

    “He crashed his car against a hydro pole.”

  • Hydro (noun)

    A spa.

  • Hydra (noun)

    Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.

  • Hydra (noun)

    A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be solved easily and rapidly.

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