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Butte vs Cliff - What's the difference?

butte | cliff |

As a verb butte

is .

As a proper noun cliff is

a diminutive of the male given name clifford .

butte

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top
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    • cliff

    English

    (wikipedia cliff)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) clif .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
    • Synonyms
    * precipice
    Derived terms
    * cliff swallow * cliff-face * cliffed * cliffhanger * cliffing * cliffy

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music)
    • (Webster 1913)