Scarp vs Carp - What's the difference?
scarp | carp |
the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet
(geology) a cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion; the steeper side of an escarpment
* 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
(earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment
Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae'', especially the common carp, ''Cyprinus carpio .
To complain about a fault; to harp on.
(obsolete) To say; to tell.
(obsolete) To find fault with; to censure.
As nouns the difference between scarp and carp
is that scarp is the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet while carp is any of various freshwater fish of the family cyprinidae'', especially the common carp, ''cyprinus carpio .As verbs the difference between scarp and carp
is that scarp is (earth science|geography|transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment while carp is to complain about a fault; to harp on.scarp
English
Noun
(wikipedia scarp) (en noun)- Sweating under the sun, we scale the barren eastern scarp of the Great Rift Valley (Area B), edging carefully around controversial, razor-wired Israeli settlements (Area C).
Verb
(en verb)- to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock
- From scarped cliff and quarried stone. — Tennyson.
- Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. — Emerson.
Anagrams
* * * *carp
English
(wikipedia carp)Etymology 1
From (etyl) carpe, from .Noun
(en-noun)See also
* koiEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- (Dryden)
