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Glen vs Canyon - What's the difference?

glen | canyon |

As nouns the difference between glen and canyon

is that glen is a secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills while canyon is a valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

As a proper noun Glen

is {{surname|Scottish habitational|from=Scottish Gaelic}} for someone who lives in a valley.

glen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.

    • See also

    * defile * strath

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    canyon

    English

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
  • * '>citation
    • Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.

    Synonyms

    * dale, dalles, gulch, ravine, vale, valley * See also

    Derived terms

    * box canyon * concrete canyon * Copper Canyon * Grand Canyon

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