As nouns the difference between layer and depth
is that layer is a single thickness of some material covering a surface while depth is the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep.
As a verb layer
is (ambitransitive) to cut or divide (something) into layers.
layer
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
- Wrap the loaf in two layers of aluminum foil before putting it in the oven.
- After the first coat of paint dried, he applied another layer .
# An item of clothing worn under or over another.
- It's cold now but it will warm up this afternoon. Make sure you wear layers .
A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
- I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.
A person who lays things, such as tiles.
A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
- When dealing with an infestation of headlice, the first step is to eliminate the layers .
A hen kept to lay eggs.
A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
Synonyms
* (stratum) stratum
Derived terms
* boundary layer
* ozone layer
Verb
(
en verb)
(ambitransitive) to cut or divide (something) into layers
(ambitransitive) to arrange (something) in layers.
- Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.
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depth
English
Noun
(
en noun)
The vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep.
- Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.
The distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet.
(figuratively) The intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.
- The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.
- The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated.
- We were impressed by the depth of her knowledge.
Lowness.
- the depth of a sound
(computing, colors) The total palette of available colors.
(arts, photography) The property of appearing three-dimensional.
- The depth of field in this picture is amazing.
(literary, usually plural) The deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.)
- The burning ship finally sunk into the depths .
(literary, usually plural) A very remote part.
- Into the depths of the jungle...
- In the depths of the night,
The most severe part.
- in the depth of the crisis
- in the depths of winter
(logic) The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.
(horology) A pair of toothed wheels which work together.
(statistics) The lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values.
{{examples-right, width=40%, sense=statistics, examples=
| Ordered Batch of 9 Values |
| Value | 15 | 32 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 56 | 69 | 77 | 97 |
| Depth | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
}}
Synonyms
* deepness
Related terms
* deep
* depth charge
* in depth
* out of one's depth
