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Gorges vs Precipice - What's the difference?

gorges | precipice |

As a verb gorges

is .

As a noun precipice is

precipice, deep and steep escarpment.

gorges

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (gorge)
    • ----

    precipice

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A very steep cliff.
  • * 1719-
    • I resolved to remove my tent from the place where it stood, which was just under the hanging precipice of the hill; and which, if it should be shaken again, would certainly fall upon my tent...
  • The brink of a dangerous situation.
    • ''to stand on a precipice
  • (obsolete) A headlong fall or descent.

    • Synonyms

    * cliff

    Related terms

    * precipitous * precipitously * precipitousness