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Stope vs Slope - What's the difference?

stope | slope |

As nouns the difference between stope and slope

is that stope is a mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps while slope is an area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

As verbs the difference between stope and slope

is that stope is (mining) to excavate in the form of stopes while slope is (label) to tend steadily upward or downward.

As an adjective slope is

(obsolete) sloping.

As an adverb slope is

(obsolete) slopingly.

stope

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, page 318,
    • The other smell that worked its way into your clothes, your skin, your spirit, believed here to rise by way of long-deserted drifts and stopes , from the everyday atmosphere of Hell itself.

    Derived terms

    * stope assay plan * stope board * stope fillings * stope hoist * stope pillar

    Verb

  • (mining) To excavate in the form of stopes.
  • (mining) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

    • Anagrams

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    slope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
    • I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.
  • The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
    • The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.
  • (mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.
    • The slope of this line is 0.5
  • (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
    • The slope of a parabola increases linearly with ''x''.
  • The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).
    • The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.
  • (vulgar, highly offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

    • Synonyms

    * (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) bank, embankment, gradient, hill, incline * (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) gradient * (mathematics) first derivative, gradient * Chinaman, Chink

    Verb

    (slop)
  • (label) To tend steadily upward or downward.
  • * , chapter=23
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  • (label) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
  • To try to move surreptitiously.
  • (label) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.

    • Derived terms

    * ski slope * slippery slope * sloping

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Sloping.
  • * (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
    • A bank not steep, but gently slope .
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
    • Down the slope hills.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) slopingly
    • (Milton)

    Anagrams

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