Mudflow vs Avalanche - What's the difference?
mudflow | avalanche |
A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
The dried-out product of such a flow. Also called mudslide, mudspate.
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 mudflow and avalanche
is that mudflow is a type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water 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.mudflow
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(en noun)avalanche
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* snowslide, snowslipVerb
(avalanch)- The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.