Descent vs Landing - What's the difference?
descent | landing |
An instance of descending
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
A way down.
A sloping passage or incline.
Lineage or hereditary derivation
A drop to a lower status or condition.
corridor
coming to earth, as of an airplane or any descending object
a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
As nouns the difference between descent and landing
is that descent is an instance of descending while landing is corridor.As a verb landing is
present participle of lang=en.descent
English
Noun
(en noun)- We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier.
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- The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a second flat as he started the descent .
- We had difficulty in finding the correct descent .
- The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.
- Our guide was of Welsh descent .
- After that, the holiday went into a steep descent .