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Volcano vs Volcanoes - What's the difference?

volcano | volcanoes |

As nouns the difference between volcano and volcanoes

is that volcano is a vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface while volcanoes is plural of volcano.

volcano

English

(wikipedia volcano)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

    • Derived terms

    (Terms derived from "volcano") * active volcano * complex volcano * cryovolcano * dormant volcano * extinct volcano * mud volcano * shield volcano * stratovolcano * subglacial volcano * supervolcano * * volcanic * volcanism * volcanology

    See also

    * crater * lava * lava flow * magma * vent English nouns with irregular plurals

    volcanoes

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Synonyms

    * volcanos