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Canyon vs Cliffs - What's the difference?

canyon | cliffs |

As nouns the difference between canyon and cliffs

is that canyon is a valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river while cliffs is plural of lang=en.

canyon

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
  • * '>citation
    • 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

    Anagrams

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    cliffs

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • cliff notes