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Dimple vs Crater - What's the difference?

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Dimple is a related term of crater.


As nouns the difference between dimple and crater

is that dimple is a small depression or indentation in a surface while crater is crater.

As a verb dimple

is to create a dimple in.

dimple

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small depression or indentation in a surface.
    • The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car.
  • * Wordsworth
    • The garden pool's dark surface breaks into dimples small and bright.
  • Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.
    • You have very cute dimples .

    Synonyms

    * (depression in a surface ): dent

    Verb

    (dimpl)
  • To create a dimple in.
    • The hailstorm dimpled the roof of our car.
  • To create a dimple in one's face by smiling.
    • The young girl dimpled in glee as she was handed a cupcake.
  • To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
  • * Dryden
    • And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.

    Synonyms

    * (create a dimple in) dent, mar

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    crater

    English

    Etymology 1

    First coined 1613, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
  • (geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
  • (informal) The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
  • (informal) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
    • Synonyms
    * (astronomy) astrobleme * (geology) caldera

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To collapse catastrophically; implode; hollow out; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
    • The economy is about to crater . -- Attributed by David Letterman to Sen. John McCain. NYTimes blog
  • (snowboarding) To crash or fall.
    • He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson.

    Etymology 2

    Possibly a diminutive of cratur (dialect form of creature ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Ireland, informal, UK, dialect) A term of endearment, a dote, a wretched thing.
    • 1843' - I then had the two best tarriers beneath the canopy; this poor '''crater is their daughter," and he patted the dog's head affectionately.
    William Hamilton Maxwell, '' Wild Sports of the West: With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches     , Publisher R. Bentley, page 77,
    1859' - She is a charming ' crater ; I would venture to say that, if I was not her father.
    The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies ...
    1872 (Thomas Hardy) "Under the Greenwood Tree"
    "Then why not stop for fellow-craters -- going to thy own father's house too, as we be, and knowen us so well?"
    Usage notes
    This term is still commonly used in speech but rarely appears in modern writing. (craterin)

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