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Subsidence vs Suffosion - What's the difference?

subsidence | suffosion |

As nouns the difference between subsidence and suffosion

is that subsidence is the process of becoming less active or severe while suffosion is a geological process by which subsidence sinkholes or dolines are formed.

subsidence

English

Noun

(wikipedia subsidence)
  • The process of becoming less active or severe
  • * Bishop Warburton
    • The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.
  • 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

    • Related terms

    * subside

    suffosion

    English

    (wikipedia suffosion)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A geological process by which subsidence sinkholes or dolines are formed.