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Outcrop vs Cliff - What's the difference?

outcrop | cliff |

As nouns the difference between outcrop and cliff

is that outcrop is a piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding while cliff is a vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

As a verb outcrop

is to come out to the surface of the ground.

As a proper noun Cliff is

a diminutive of the male given name Clifford.

outcrop

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.
  • A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.
  • The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.
  • Verb

    (outcropp)
  • (geology, of a stratum) To come out to the surface of the ground.
  • cliff

    English

    (wikipedia cliff)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) clif .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
  • Synonyms
    * precipice
    Derived terms
    * cliff swallow * cliff-face * cliffed * cliffhanger * cliffing * cliffy

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music)
  • (Webster 1913)