Cleft vs Cavity - What's the difference?
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An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
A piece made by splitting.
A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
(Webster 1913)
(cleave)
A hole or hollow depression.
A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses).
(dentistry) A soft area in a decayed tooth.
As nouns the difference between cleft and cavity
is that cleft is an opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting while cavity is a hole or hollow depression.As a verb cleft
is past tense of cleave.cleft
English
Noun
(en noun)- a cleft of wood