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Chasm vs Gulch - What's the difference?

chasm | gulch |

As nouns the difference between chasm and gulch

is that chasm is a deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss while gulch is a ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; it is shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.

As a verb gulch is

to swallow greedily; to gulp down.

chasm

English

(wikipedia chasm)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss
  • (by extension) A large difference of opinion.

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    gulch

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.

    • Noun

    (es)
  • A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; it is shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.
  • (obsolete) An act of gulching or gulping.
  • (obsolete) A glutton.
    • (Ben Jonson)