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What is the difference between erode and scarp?

erode | scarp |

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

English

Verb

(erod)
  • To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction
  • Derived terms

    * erosion English ergative verbs ----

    scarp

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia scarp) (en noun)
  • 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]
  • 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)
  • (earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment
  • to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock
    From scarped cliff and quarried stone. — Tennyson.
    Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. — Emerson.

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