What is the difference between erode and scarp?
erode | scarp |
To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction
the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet
(geology) a cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion; the steeper side of an escarpment
* 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
(earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment
As verbs the difference between erode and scarp
is that erode is to wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction while scarp is (earth science|geography|transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment.As a noun scarp is
the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.erode
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(erod)Derived terms
* erosion English ergative verbs ----scarp
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Noun
(wikipedia scarp) (en noun)- Sweating under the sun, we scale the barren eastern scarp of the Great Rift Valley (Area B), edging carefully around controversial, razor-wired Israeli settlements (Area C).
Verb
(en verb)- to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock
- From scarped cliff and quarried stone. — Tennyson.
- Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. — Emerson.