Ridge vs Groove - What's the difference?
ridge | groove |
(lb) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
:(Hudibras)
Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
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*:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
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, chapter=26, title= (lb) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
:(Stocqueler)
A chain of mountains.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:the frozen ridges of the Alps
A chain of hills.
A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
(lb) A type of warm air that comes down on to land from mountains.
To form into a ridge
To extend in ridges
A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression.
A fixed routine
* (rfdate) J. Morley
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The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
(mining) A shaft or excavation.
To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
To create, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
As nouns the difference between ridge and groove
is that ridge is the back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped while groove is a long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression.As verbs the difference between ridge and groove
is that ridge is to form into a ridge while groove is to cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.As a proper noun Ridge
is {{surname|from=Middle English}} after a natural landscape feature.ridge
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal)Noun
(wikipedia ridge) (en noun)The Dust of Conflict, passage=Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.}}
Derived terms
* combing ridge * ridge course * ridgyVerb
(ridg)See also
* crestAnagrams
* *groove
English
Noun
(en noun)- The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove .
Derived terms
* groovy * tongue and grooveVerb
(groov)- I was just starting to groove to the band, when we had to leave.