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Chasm vs Canyon - What's the difference?

chasm | canyon |

As nouns the difference between chasm and canyon

is that chasm is a deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss while canyon is a valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

chasm

English

(wikipedia chasm)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss
  • (by extension) A large difference of opinion.

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    canyon

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
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    • Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.

    Synonyms

    * dale, dalles, gulch, ravine, vale, valley * See also

    Derived terms

    * box canyon * concrete canyon * Copper Canyon * Grand Canyon

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