Sure.....alot of people call waterfarm DWC but they ARE drip systems. There is no airstone in the bottm of these although you could probably stick one in if you wanted to....would only help. After the plant gets to a certain size with a bunch of roots it does seem to become a DWC....the roots sit in the water constantly so they must be drawing nutes and water up.

i've never tried the true DWC.....started with the w/f's and have stuck with them. The only problems I've had is clogged drip rings so you have watch those and rinse them out every once in awhile (more when the plant gets older....like every few days) ....otherwise I don't think there's much difference.