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Thickening vs Deepening - What's the difference?

thickening | deepening |

As nouns the difference between thickening and deepening

is that thickening is the process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous while deepening is the act of becoming deeper.

As verbs the difference between thickening and deepening

is that thickening is (thicken) while deepening is .

thickening

English

Noun

(thickenings)
  • the process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous
  • a substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce
  • a thickened part of a structure
  • *

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (thicken)

    • deepening

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of becoming deeper.
  • * 1972 , H. H. Lamb, Climate: Present, Past and Future (volume 1, page 408)
    • Further examples of the same effect could be seen in sudden deepenings of depressions over the warmer than normal eastern Atlantic in the 1968-9 winter: the consequence was interruptions of the cold weather prevailing in Britain