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What is the difference between dell and valley?

dell | valley |

Valley is a synonym of dell.



As nouns the difference between dell and valley

is that dell is valley while valley is an elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.

As proper nouns the difference between dell and valley

is that dell is {{surname} while Valley is the San Fernando Valley in southern California.

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

    valley

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= John Vidal
  • , volume=189, issue=10, page=8, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas , passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys .}}
  • The area which drains into a river.
  • Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.
  • The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * uncanny valley * closed-cut valley * open valley * valley board * valley piece * valley rafter

    See also

    * dale * dell * vale