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Foothills vs Piedmont - What's the difference?

foothills | piedmont |

As nouns the difference between foothills and piedmont

is that foothills is plural of foothill while piedmont is any region of foothills of a mountain range.

As a proper noun Piedmont is

region in the north of Italy.

As an adjective piedmont is

formed or lying at the foot of a mountain range.

foothills

English

(wikipedia foothills)

Noun

(head)

    • Usage notes

    The plural form is often used collectively to refer to a region of foothills near the base of a mountain range.

    piedmont

    English

    (wikipedia Piedmont)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Region in the north of Italy.
  • The region of the eastern US between the Appalachian mountains and the coastal plain, extending from eastern Alabama to northern New Jersey.

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