Landslide vs Avalanche - What's the difference?
landslide | avalanche |
A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.
A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.
Anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity (like a barrage, blitz, etc).
To descend like an avalanche.
To come down upon; to overwhelm.
As nouns the difference between landslide and avalanche
is that landslide is a natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path while avalanche is a large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.As a verb avalanche is
to descend like an avalanche.landslide
English
(wikipedia landslide)Noun
(en noun)- The candidate won by a landslide .
Synonyms
* (natural disaster) earthfall, landslipSee also
* (natural disaster) avalanche, earthquake, mudslide * (politics) shoo-inavalanche
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* snowslide, snowslipVerb
(avalanch)- The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.
