Abyss vs Valley - What's the difference?
abyss | valley |
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.
An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
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Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.
The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
As nouns the difference between abyss and valley
is that abyss is hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean while valley is an elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.As a proper noun Valley is
the San Fernando Valley in southern California.abyss
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Alternative forms
* abysm, abimeNoun
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* (English Citations of "abyss")Usage notes
* (impending catastrophic happening) It is typically preceded by the word the .Derived terms
* abyssalReferences
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*valley
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(en noun)John Vidal
Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas, passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys .}}