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Cliff vs Mesa - What's the difference?

cliff | mesa |

As nouns the difference between cliff and mesa

is that cliff is a vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face while mesa is flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.

As proper nouns the difference between cliff and mesa

is that cliff is a diminutive of the male given name Clifford while Mesa is a city in Arizona.

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)

    mesa

    English

    (wikipedia mesa)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges
    • A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us around a low mesa to the .
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    • Related terms

    * potrero * butte * tuya

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