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Groove vs Gulf - What's the difference?

groove | gulf |

In mining|lang=en terms the difference between groove and gulf

is that groove is (mining) a shaft or excavation while gulf is (mining) a large deposit of ore in a lode.

As nouns the difference between groove and gulf

is that groove is a long, narrow channel or depression; eg, such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression while gulf is a hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.

As a verb groove

is to cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.

groove

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression.
  • A fixed routine
  • * (rfdate) J. Morley
    • The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove .
  • *
  • The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
  • A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
  • (mining) A shaft or excavation.

    • Derived terms

    * groovy * tongue and groove

    Verb

    (groov)
  • To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
  • To create, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
    • I was just starting to groove to the band, when we had to leave.

    Anagrams

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    gulf

    English

    (wikipedia gulf)

    Alternative forms

    * gulph (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
  • * Milton
    • He then surveyed / Hell and the gulf between.
  • * Bible, Luke xvi. 26
    • Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.
  • (obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet.
  • * 1606 , , IV. i. 23:
    • Witch's mummy, maw and gulf / Of the ravined salt sea shark,
  • That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
  • * Tennyson
    • a gulf of ruin, swallowing gold
  • (geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico or Persian Gulf.
  • (mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
  • A difference, especially a large difference, between groups
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco.}}

    Derived terms

    * engulf * Gulf Coast * Gulf Stream * Gulf War * gulfweed * gulfy