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Landslide vs Rockslide - What's the difference?

landslide | rockslide |

As nouns the difference between landslide and rockslide

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 rockslide is a type of landslide characterized by falling rocks.

landslide

English

(wikipedia landslide)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • The candidate won by a landslide .

    Synonyms

    * (natural disaster) earthfall, landslip

    See also

    * (natural disaster) avalanche, earthquake, mudslide * (politics) shoo-in

    rockslide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A type of landslide characterized by falling rocks.

    • Synonyms

    * rockfall