Precipice vs Cusp - What's the difference?
precipice | cusp |
A very steep cliff.
* 1719-
The brink of a dangerous situation.
(obsolete) A headlong fall or descent.
A sharp point or pointed end.
(figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 21
, author=Jonathan Jurejko
, title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke
, work=BBC Sport
But a sixth successive Premier League win puts them on the cusp of European football next season as they surged 15 points clear of seventh-placed Everton, who have five games left to play.}} (geometry) A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.
(architecture) A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures. A common motif in Gothic architecture.Russell Sturgis, ed. (1902). A Dictionary of Architecture and Building: Biographical, Historical, and Descriptive . 3. Macmillan.
(astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
(dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
As nouns the difference between precipice and cusp
is that precipice is a very steep cliff while cusp is a sharp point or pointed end.precipice
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- I resolved to remove my tent from the place where it stood, which was just under the hanging precipice of the hill; and which, if it should be shaken again, would certainly fall upon my tent...
- ''to stand on a precipice
Synonyms
* cliffcusp
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Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Newcastle were 11 points adrift of Spurs following their 5-0 mauling at the hands of the north London club in February.
But a sixth successive Premier League win puts them on the cusp of European football next season as they surged 15 points clear of seventh-placed Everton, who have five games left to play.}}