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Dell vs Combe - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between dell and combe

is that dell is valley while combe is a valley or hollow, often wooded and with no river.

As a proper noun Dell

is {{surname}.

dell

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • valley
  • * 1794, , lines 49-50
    • To this day they dwell
    In a lonely dell .
  • * Tickell
    • In dells and dales, concealed from human sight.
  • (obsolete) A young woman; a wench.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • Sweet doxies and dells .

    Synonyms

    * dale * dingle * vale * valley * See also

    combe

    English

    (wikipedia combe)

    Alternative forms

    * comb * coomb * coombe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A valley or hollow, often wooded and with no river.
  • * 1914 , (Saki), ‘The Cobweb’, Beasts and Superbeasts :
    • its long, latticed window [...] looked out on a wild spreading view of hill and heather and wooded combe .
  • * Southey
    • A gradual rise the shelving combe displayed.
  • A cirque.

    • Usage notes

    * Used, especially in South West England, in many placenames ----