Groove vs Gulf - What's the difference?
groove | gulf |
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
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The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
(mining) A shaft or excavation.
To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
To create, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
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
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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)- The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove .
Derived terms
* groovy * tongue and grooveVerb
(groov)- I was just starting to groove to the band, when we had to leave.
Anagrams
*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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