Alluvial vs Amass - What's the difference?
alluvial | amass |
Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
* 1992 , Anna K. Behrensmeyer & Robert W. Hook, "Paleoenvironmental Contexts and Taphonomic Modes" in, Terrestrial Ecosystems through Time , page 35.
To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
* 1887 , , A Study in Scarlet , Part II, Chapter V, page 123:
(obsolete) A mass; a heap.
* Thomas Pownall
As nouns the difference between alluvial and amass
is that alluvial is a deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer while amass is a mass; a heap.As an adjective alluvial
is pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.As a verb amass is
to collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.alluvial
English
Adjective
(-)- Soils are a prominent feature of floodplain environments, and we include them in this section because most of the available information on ancient soils pertains to alluvial examples, aside from those in Quaternary-Recent time.
Synonyms
* fluvialDerived terms
* alluvial fan * alluvially * alluvial plainUsage notes
* The noun is normally used in the plural by engineers who recover valuable minerals from these layers.See also
* deltaic ----amass
English
Verb
(es)- to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases
- he reluctantly returned to the old Nevada mines, there to recruit his health and to amass money enough to allow him to pursue his object without privation.
Synonyms
* accumulate, heap up, pileNoun
(es)- a general idea of an amass of arms