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Syncline vs Downfold - What's the difference?

syncline | downfold |

In geology terms the difference between syncline and downfold

is that syncline is a concave-upward fold in rock strata while downfold is a syncline.

syncline

English

(wikipedia syncline)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) A concave-upward fold in rock strata

    • Antonyms

    * anticline

    Holonyms

    * synform

    References

    * Dictionary of Geological Terms (Anchor Books, 1984, edited by Robert L. Bates and Julia A. Jackson)

    downfold

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A syncline