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Precipice vs Rockface - What's the difference?

precipice | rockface |

As nouns the difference between precipice and rockface

is that precipice is precipice, deep and steep escarpment while rockface is .

precipice

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A very steep cliff.
  • * 1719-
    • 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...
  • The brink of a dangerous situation.
    • ''to stand on a precipice
  • (obsolete) A headlong fall or descent.

    • Synonyms

    * cliff

    Related terms

    * precipitous * precipitously * precipitousness

    rockface

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)