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Cleavage vs Gulf - What's the difference?

cleavage | gulf |

As nouns the difference between cleavage and gulf

is that cleavage is the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft while gulf is a hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.

cleavage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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:
  • 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).
  • (chemistry) The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
  • (politics) The division of voters into voting blocs.
  • Synonyms

    * (separation between breasts) intermammary sulcus

    See also

    * * spathic *

    gulf

    English

    (wikipedia gulf)

    Alternative forms

    * gulph (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
  • * Milton
  • He then surveyed / Hell and the gulf between.
  • * Bible, Luke xvi. 26
  • Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.
  • (obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet.
  • * 1606 , , IV. i. 23:
  • Witch's mummy, maw and gulf / Of the ravined salt sea shark,
  • That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
  • * Tennyson
  • a gulf of ruin, swallowing gold
  • (geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico or Persian Gulf.
  • (mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
  • A difference, especially a large difference, between groups
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco.}}

    Derived terms

    * engulf * Gulf Coast * Gulf Stream * Gulf War * gulfweed * gulfy