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Dell vs Grotto - What's the difference?

dell | grotto |

As a proper noun dell

is .

As a noun grotto is

a small cave.

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

    grotto

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia grotto) (en-noun)
  • A small cave.
  • An artificial cavern-like retreat.
  • A Marian shrine, usually built in a cavern-like structure.
  • Derived terms

    * grot