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Ravine vs Combe - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between ravine and combe

is that ravine is a deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water while combe is a valley or hollow, often wooded and with no river.

ravine

English

("ravine" on Wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=3 citation , passage=He fell into a reverie, a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur, since a fall into reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine.}}

    Derived terms

    * ravine-buck * ravined * ravine-deer

    Related terms

    * ravinement

    See also

    * canyon * gorge * gulley, gully * valley

    Anagrams

    * ----

    combe

    English

    (wikipedia combe)

    Alternative forms

    * comb * coomb * coombe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A valley or hollow, often wooded and with no river.
  • * 1914 , (Saki), ‘The Cobweb’, Beasts and Superbeasts :
    • its long, latticed window [...] looked out on a wild spreading view of hill and heather and wooded combe .
  • * Southey
    • A gradual rise the shelving combe displayed.
  • A cirque.

    • Usage notes

    * Used, especially in South West England, in many placenames ----