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Outcrop vs Excrescence - What's the difference?

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Outcrop is a related term of excrescence.


As nouns the difference between outcrop and excrescence

is that outcrop is a piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding while excrescence is something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.

As a verb outcrop

is (geology|of a stratum) to come out to the surface of the ground.

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.

    • excrescence

    English

    Noun

    (s)
  • Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
  • A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct
  • (phonetics) epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [?w?rmp?] (adding a [p] between [m] and [?]), or .

    • Antonyms

    * (phonetic) anaptyxis

    Related terms

    * excrescency * excrescent

    Hypernyms

    * (phonetic) epenthesis

    Hyponyms

    * (phonetic) linking consonant

    See also

    * (phonetic) intervocalic

    References