different between chasmy vs chasm

English

Etymology

chasm +? -y

Adjective

chasmy (comparative more chasmy, superlative most chasmy)

1. Of or pertaining to a chasm; abounding in chasms.
   • 1815, William Wordsworth, Extracts from Descriptive Sketches

   • 1858 Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia

     North-eastward, at the extreme right, or Elbe point of it, where Griine and the Austrians stand, it has grown so chasmy, we judge that Griine can neither advance nor be advanced upon: so we leave him standing there, — which he did all day[.]

English

Etymology

From Latin chasma, from Ancient Greek ????? (khásma, “abyss, cleft”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæz(?)m/

Noun

chasm (plural chasms)

1. (geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
2. (by extension) A large difference of opinion.

Alternative forms

• chasma (obsolete)

Derived terms

• chasmal
• chasmatical (unattested; appears only in dictionaries)
• chasmy

Related terms

• chasma (“long, narrow, steep-sided depression on a body in the solar system”)

Translations

References

• chasm (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• rift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• HMACs, cha'ms, chams