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Dingle vs Valley - What's the difference?

dingle | valley |

As proper nouns the difference between dingle and valley

is that dingle is a harbour town in county kerry ireland, and the peninsula on which it stands while valley is the san fernando valley in southern california.

dingle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
  • * 1954 , , Chapter 4
  • Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. Through it a worn path passed and dived suddenly down a long steep slope. The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle , almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at the rim with the high dark evergreen hedge.

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    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.
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    Derived terms

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

    See also

    * dale * dell * vale