Drought vs Landslide - What's the difference?
drought | landslide |
A period of below average rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
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(by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.
A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
As nouns the difference between drought and landslide
is that drought is a period of below average rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell while landslide is a natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.drought
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Alternative forms
* drouthNoun
(en noun)citation, passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought , and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
landslide
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(wikipedia landslide)Noun
(en noun)- The candidate won by a landslide .