Subsidence vs Settling - What's the difference?
subsidence | settling |
The process of becoming less active or severe
* Bishop Warburton
A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation or seismic activity or groundwater depletion
As nouns the difference between subsidence and settling
is that subsidence is the process of becoming less active or severe while settling is the act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.As a verb settling is
present participle of lang=en.subsidence
English
Noun
(wikipedia subsidence)- The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.