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Acclivity vs Anticline - What's the difference?

acclivity | anticline |

As nouns the difference between acclivity and anticline

is that acclivity is (geomorphology) a slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending'', in opposition to ''declivity'', or ''descending ; an upward slope; ascent while anticline is (geology) a fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.

acclivity

English

Noun

(acclivities)
  • (geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending'', in opposition to ''declivity'', or ''descending ; an upward slope; ascent.
  • *
    • Just below it leaned a tottering crag that would have toppled, starting an avalanche on an acclivity where no sliding mass could stop.

    anticline

    English

    (wikipedia anticline)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.

    • Coordinate terms

    * syncline

    Holonyms

    * antiform