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Abyss vs Depths - What's the difference?

abyss | depths |

As nouns the difference between abyss and depths

is that abyss is hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean while depths is .

abyss

English

Alternative forms

* abysm, abime

Noun

(es)
  • Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
  • (frequently, figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
  • Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
  • Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
  • An impending catastrophic happening.
  • (heraldry) The center of an escutcheon.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "abyss")

    Usage notes

    * (impending catastrophic happening) It is typically preceded by the word the .

    Derived terms

    * abyssal

    Related terms

    * abysmal

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    depths

    English

    Noun

  • English plurals
  • (literary) The deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.)
    • The burning ship finally sunk into the depths .
  • (literary) A very remote part.
    • Into the depths of the jungle...
    In the depths of the night,
  • The lowest point, all-time low, nadir.
    • To plumb the depths of despair
    To stir someone to his depths .
  • The most severe part.
    • in the depths of the crisis .
    in the depths of winter .

    Usage notes

    * As the meaning is superlative, it is almost always used with the definite article the