Chasm vs Cleavage - What's the difference?
chasm | cleavage |
A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss
(by extension) A large difference of opinion.
The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
(mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.
(biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
* 1946 , "Cinema: Cleavage and the Code", Time , 5 Aug 1946:
(chemistry) The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
(politics) The division of voters into voting blocs.
As nouns the difference between chasm and cleavage
is that chasm is a deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss while cleavage is the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.chasm
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*cleavage
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(en noun)- Low-cut Restoration costumes worn by the Misses Lockwood and Roc (see cut) display too much "cleavage " (Johnston Office trade term for the shadowed depression dividing an actress' bosom into two distinct sections).