Is there any difference in the size of a lake and a pond? In the use? For example, would people go fishing or swimming in a pond?
| POND | 830 |
| LAKE | 758 |
| TANK | 184 |
| NR | 64 |
| NH | 10 |
| POOL | 10 |
| LAKE LARGER THAN POND | 7 |
| RESERVOIR | 7 |
| LAGOON | 6 |
| POND SMALLER THAN LAKE | 6 |
| FISH POND | 4 |
| MILL POND | 4 |
| BEAVER POND | 3 |
| FARM POND | 3 |
| LAGUNA | 2 |
| LAKE LARGER THAN A POND | 2 |
| LAKE NATURAL–POND MAN-MADE | 2 |
| MUD HOLE | 2 |
| POND–FOR WATERING STOCK | 2 |
| POTHOLE | 2 |
| WATER HOLE | 2 |
| A RUN INTO LAKE OF FRESH WATER | 1 |
| BREAK-THROUGH | 1 |
| CAN SWIM IN A POND | 1 |
| CAT HOLE | 1 |
| CATTLE POND | 1 |
| CATTLE PONDS | 1 |
| CISTERN | 1 |
| COVES–PARTS OF RIVERS CUT OFF BY LOW WATER | 1 |
| DICKSON’S POND | 1 |
| DIRT TANK | 1 |
| DRINKING POOL | 1 |
| DUG-OUT POND | 1 |
| FARM POND IS MAN-MADE | 1 |
| FEW PONDS HAVE FISH | 1 |
| FISH AND SWIM IN SOME PONDS | 1 |
| FISH IN A LAKE, POND OR BOG | 1 |
| FISH IN LAKE, POND, OR BOG | 1 |
| FISH TANK | 1 |
| FISHING OR SWIMMING | 1 |
| FISHPOND | 1 |
| FLOWAGE | 1 |
| FOR WATER-LILIES | 1 |
| GREAT POND | 1 |
| LAKE AND POND THE SAME | 1 |
| LAKE BIGGER THAN POND | 1 |
| LAKE FORMED BY NATURE, POND BY MAN | 1 |
| LAKE HAS RUN OF FRESH WATER | 1 |
| LAKE IS LARGEST | 1 |
| LAKE LARGEST–FISHING, BOATING, SWIMMING | 1 |
| LAKE OVER TEN ACRES, POND ABOUT THREE | 1 |
| LAKE–A MILE OR TWO LONG | 1 |
| LAKE–OVER ONE ACRE IN SIZE | 1 |
| LAKE–SEVERAL ACRES | 1 |
| LAKE–WATER BACKED UP IN RIVER CHANNEL | 1 |
| NO SWIMMING IN PONDS | 1 |
| PASTURE POND | 1 |
| POND ARTIFICIAL–FOR CATTLE | 1 |
| POND AT MOST ONE ACRE | 1 |
| POND BEHIND A MILL DAM | 1 |
| POND CONTAINED WITHIN FARM BOUNDARIES | 1 |
| POND FOR DECORATION, FISH | 1 |
| POND FOR LIVESTOCK WATERING | 1 |
| POND FOR SCENERY AND DUCKS | 1 |
| POND HAS NO OUTLET | 1 |
| POND IN BACK YARD | 1 |
| POND IS FOR LIVESTOCK | 1 |
| POND IS SHALLOW | 1 |
| POND IS STILL WATER | 1 |
| POND JUST BIG ENOUGH FOR A ROWBOAT | 1 |
| POND LARGER THAN TANK | 1 |
| POND LESS THAN FORTY FEET | 1 |
| POND MAY BE STOCKED WITH FISH | 1 |
| POND NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR A BOAT | 1 |
| POND ON A FARM | 1 |
| POND OR TANK | 1 |
| POND SMALLER THAN A LAKE | 1 |
| POND TOO SMALL FOR GAME FISH | 1 |
| POND USUALLY MAN-MADE | 1 |
| POND, SMALL SHALLOW BODY OF WATER | 1 |
| POND–A SLOUGH-HOLE | 1 |
| POND–FOR DUCKS OR FISHING | 1 |
| POND–FOR SKATING AND BATHING | 1 |
| POND–LITTLE | 1 |
| POND–MAN-MADE | 1 |
| POND–ONE TO FOUR ACRES | 1 |
| POND–PROBABLY DRY BY FALL | 1 |
| POND–SMALL, STAGNANT | 1 |
| POND–SMALLER THAN A LAKE | 1 |
| PUDDLE | 1 |
| QUARRY | 1 |
| RESERVOIRS–FOR WATERING STOCK | 1 |
| RESEVOIR | 1 |
| SAND SUCKER–SAND PIT FILLED WITH WATER | 1 |
| SLOUGH | 1 |
| SLOUGH-HOLE | 1 |
| SOME PONDS FORMED BY IRRIGATION | 1 |
| SPRING | 1 |
| SPRING BRANCH | 1 |
| SWAMP | 1 |
| SWAMPS–PEOPLE CALL THEM PONDS | 1 |
| SWIM IN LAKE, POND OR BOG | 1 |
| SWIM OR FISH IN LAKE OR POND | 1 |
| SWIMMING HOLE | 1 |
| SWIMMING LAKE | 1 |
| SWIMMING ONLY IN LAKES | 1 |
| SWIMMING OR FISHING | 1 |
| SWIMMING, FISHING DONE | 1 |
| TANK–FOR FISH | 1 |
| TANK–FOR STOCK WATER | 1 |
| TANK–FOR WATERING CATTLE OR PLANTS | 1 |
| TANK–MAN-MADE FOR WATERING COWS | 1 |
| TANK–SMALLEST, FISH AND SWIM | 1 |
| TANK–SWIM IF IT’S FIXED UP | 1 |
| WATER ANIMALS | 1 |
| WATERING STOCK | 1 |
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