different between cliff vs scaur

cliff

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kl?f, IPA(key): /kl?f/, [kl???f]
  • Rhymes: -?f

Etymology 1

From Middle English clyf, from Old English clif, from Proto-Germanic *klib?.

Noun

cliff (plural cliffs)

  1. A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
    Synonym: precipice
    Hyponym: escarpment
    Coordinate term: bluff
  2. (figuratively) A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

cliff (plural cliffs)

  1. (music) Obsolete form of clef.

Further reading

  • cliff on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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scaur

English

Etymology

Dialectal form of scar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sk??/

Noun

scaur (plural scaurs)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) A steep cliff or bank.
    • 1859, Walter Cooper Dendy, The wild Hebrides (page 67)
      There are "stags of ten" roaming abroad unstalked; and perchance that is a hart royal swelling his broad front on yonder scaur.

Anagrams

  • Curas, arcus, carus

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