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Canyon vs Downcanyon - What's the difference?

canyon | downcanyon |

As a noun canyon

is canyon.

As an adjective downcanyon is

closer to the bottom of a canyon.

As an adverb downcanyon is

travelling in the direction of the canyon slope.

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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    downcanyon

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Closer to the bottom of a canyon
    • My house is downcanyon from his.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Travelling in the direction of the canyon slope.
    • The glacier slid downcanyon .