Landslide vs Landfall - What's the difference?
landslide | landfall |
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.
Arrival at the shore by ship.
The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
As nouns the difference between landslide and landfall
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 landfall is arrival at the shore by ship.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-inlandfall
English
(wikipedia landfall)Noun
(en noun)- We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!
- Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall .