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Declivity vs Abyss - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between declivity and abyss

is that declivity is the downward slope of a hill while abyss is hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.

declivity

English

Noun

(declivities)
  • (geomorphology) the downward slope of a hill
  • *1899 , Joseph Conrad,
  • *:A rocky cliff appeared, mounds of turned–up earth by the shore, houses on a hill, others with iron roofs, amongst a waste of excavations, or hanging to the declivity .
  • a downward bend in a path

    • Related terms

    * decline

    References

    abyss

    English

    Alternative forms

    * abysm, abime

    Noun

    (es)
  • Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
  • (frequently, figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
  • Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
  • Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
  • An impending catastrophic happening.
  • (heraldry) The center of an escutcheon.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "abyss")

    Usage notes

    * (impending catastrophic happening) It is typically preceded by the word the .

    Derived terms

    * abyssal

    Related terms

    * abysmal

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