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Caving vs Cavin - What's the difference?

caving | cavin |

As nouns the difference between caving and cavin

is that caving is the recreational sport of exploring caves while cavin is (military) a hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach to a place.

As a verb caving

is .

caving

English

Noun

(wikipedia caving)
  • The recreational sport of exploring caves.
  • An act of collapsing or caving in.
  • * 2005 , Sandy Gow, ?Bonar Alexander Gow, Roughnecks, Rock Bits and Rigs (page 282)
    • Likewise, some Turner Valley wells had to be abandoned because of repeated cavings .

    See also

    * speleology * potholing

    Verb

    (head)

    • cavin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) A hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach to a place.
    • (Farrow)
    (Webster 1913)