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Cagelike vs Cavelike - What's the difference?

cagelike | cavelike |

As adjectives the difference between cagelike and cavelike

is that cagelike is like a cage while cavelike is resembling or characteristic of a cave.

cagelike

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Like a cage.
    • This version shows a small figure inside of cagelike towers, perhaps symbolizing the fledgling sculptor's dreams of creation.'' — Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, ''American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions (1990)
    Why would this cagelike structure be energetically unfavorable?'' — Bruce Alberts, ''Essential Cell Biology: An Introduction to the Molecular Biology of the Cell (2004)

    cavelike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a cave
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=March 25, author=Sarah Shey, title=Her Ride to Nowhere, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=My son and I got to escape our cavelike apartment. }}

    Synonyms

    *cavernous