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Scarp vs Scrap - What's the difference?

scarp | scrap |

Scrap is a anagram of scarp.



As nouns the difference between scarp and scrap

is that scarp is the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet while scrap is a (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

As verbs the difference between scarp and scrap

is that scarp is to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment while scrap is to discard.

scarp

English

Noun

(wikipedia scarp) (en noun)
  • 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]
    • 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)
  • (earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment
    • 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

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    scrap

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) scrappe, from (etyl) skrap, from

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
  • * De Quincey
    • I have no materials — not a scrap .
    I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
  • (usually, in the plural) Leftover food.
    • Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight.
  • Discarded material (especially metal), junk.
    • That car isn't good for anything but scrap .
  • (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated to the Norte gang.
  • The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
    • pork scraps
    Derived terms
    * scrap paper * scrapbook * scrapheap * scrappy * scrapyard

    Verb

    (scrapp)
  • To discard.
  • (of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
  • To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
  • To dispose of at a scrapyard.
  • To make into scrap.
    • Derived terms
    * scrapper

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fight, tussle, skirmish.
    • We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill.

    Verb

    (scrapp)
  • to fight

    • Anagrams

    * English terms with multiple etymologies