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Iceage vs Glacial - What's the difference?

iceage | glacial |

As a proper noun glacial is

(geology) of the pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers.

iceage

Not English

Iceage has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

glacial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, or relating to glaciers
  • * We examined the glacial deposits
  • (figuratively) very slow
  • * 2010 , "Under the volcano", The Economist , 16 Oct 2010:
  • Progress on judicial reform has been glacial , meeting enormous resistance.
  • cold and icy
  • * After the rain and frost, the pavements were glacial
  • having the appearance of ice
  • * On cold days, glacial acetic acid will freeze in the bottle
  • cool and unfriendly
  • * He gave me a glacial stare
  • Derived terms

    * englacial * interglacial * monoglacial * postglacial * preglacial * proglacial * subglacial * supraglacial ----