Gulch vs Gulf - What's the difference?
gulch | gulf |
(obsolete) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; it is shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.
(obsolete) An act of gulching or gulping.
(obsolete) A glutton.
A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
* Milton
* Bible, Luke xvi. 26
(obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet.
* 1606 , , IV. i. 23:
That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
* Tennyson
(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
In obsolete terms the difference between gulch and gulf
is that gulch is a glutton while gulf is that which swallows; the gullet.As a verb gulch
is to swallow greedily; to gulp down.gulch
English
Verb
(es)Noun
(es)- (Ben Jonson)
gulf
English
(wikipedia gulf)Alternative forms
* gulph (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- He then surveyed / Hell and the gulf between.
- Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.
- Witch's mummy, maw and gulf / Of the ravined salt sea shark,
- a gulf of ruin, swallowing gold
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