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Glacier vs Serac - What's the difference?

glacier | serac |

As nouns the difference between glacier and serac

is that glacier is (geology) a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill while serac is a sharp tower of ice formed by intersecting crevasses of a glacier.

glacier

English

(wikipedia glacier) (wikipedia glacier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.

    • Derived terms

    * glacial * glaciation

    See also

    * iceberg

    Anagrams

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    serac

    English

    (wikipedia serac)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sharp tower of ice formed by intersecting crevasses of a glacier.

    • Anagrams

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