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Terrain vs Topography - What's the difference?

terrain | topography |

As nouns the difference between terrain and topography

is that terrain is a single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks while topography is a precise description of a place.

terrain

English

(wikipedia terrain)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
  • An area of land or the particular features of it.

    • Synonyms

    * ground

    Related terms

    * terra * terrace * terracotta * terrane * terrene * terrestrial * terrier * territorial * territory

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    topography

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia topography) (topographies)
  • a precise description of a place
  • a detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object
  • the features themselves (the terrain)
  • the surveying of the features

    • Related terms

    * topograph * topographer * topographic * * topographical * topographically

    See also

    * topology * toponym * toponymic