Mountain vs Obstacle - What's the difference?
mountain | obstacle |
A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.
A large amount.
(figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.
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, year=2011
, date=October 1
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, title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom
, work=BBC Sport
As nouns the difference between mountain and obstacle
is that mountain is a large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 3048 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains while obstacle is something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress.mountain
English
Noun
(en noun)- Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
- We spent the weekend hiking in the mountains .
- There's still a mountain of work to do.
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