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Glacial vs Moraine - What's the difference?

glacial | moraine |

As an adjective glacial

is of, or relating to glaciers.

As a proper noun Glacial

is of the Pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers.

As a noun moraine is

an accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.

glacial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, or relating to glaciers
  • * We examined the glacial deposits
  • (figuratively) very slow
  • * 2010 , "Under the volcano", The Economist , 16 Oct 2010:
    • Progress on judicial reform has been glacial , meeting enormous resistance.
  • cold and icy
  • * After the rain and frost, the pavements were glacial
  • having the appearance of ice
  • * On cold days, glacial acetic acid will freeze in the bottle
  • cool and unfriendly
  • * He gave me a glacial stare

    • Derived terms

    * englacial * interglacial * monoglacial * postglacial * preglacial * proglacial * subglacial * supraglacial ----

    moraine

    English

    (wikipedia moraine)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.

    • Derived terms

    * ground moraine: Moraine found at the base of a glacier. * lateral moraine: When eroded debris is carried along the glacier’s edge. * terminal moraine: Rubble dropped at the foot of a melting glacier.

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