Alps vs Mountain - What's the difference?
alps | mountain |
A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Austria, with its highest peak Mont Blanc at 4808 meters.
A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.
A large amount.
(figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.
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As nouns the difference between alps and mountain
is that alps is plural of lang=en while mountain is a large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.As a proper noun Alps
is a mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Austria, with its highest peak Mont Blanc at 4808 meters.alps
English
(wikipedia Alps)Proper noun
(en proper noun)Usage notes
Usually referred to as "the Alps".Derived terms
* Bernese AlpsAnagrams
* * * * * ----mountain
English
Noun
(en noun)- Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
- We spent the weekend hiking in the mountains .
- There's still a mountain of work to do.
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