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Cavern vs Burrow - What's the difference?

cavern | burrow |

As nouns the difference between cavern and burrow

is that cavern is a large cave while burrow is a tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

As a verb burrow is

to dig a tunnel or hole.

cavern

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large cave.
  • An underground chamber.

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    burrow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
    • But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels' for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the ' burrows the real rabbits lived in.
  • (mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
  • A mound.
  • An incorporated town.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dig a tunnel or hole.