different between promontory vs crag

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin pr?montorium, from pr?- + *mine? (“to project or jut”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??m.?n.t?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??m?nt??i/

Noun

promontory (plural promontories)

1. A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.

   Synonyms: cliff, headland, hoe

2. (anatomy) A projecting part of the body.
   1. A projection on the sacrum.
   2. A rounded elevation in the tympanum of the ear.

Translations

Further reading

• “promontory”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /k?æ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

13th century Middle English, of Celtic origin, possibly from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian ??? (k?ar, “stone”), Sanskrit ?? (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).

Related Celtic descendants include Scots craig, Scottish Gaelic creag, Irish creag, Welsh craig, Manx creg.

Noun

crag (plural crags)

1. A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.
2. A rough, broken fragment of rock.
3. (geology) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age.

Alternative forms

• craig

Derived terms

• cragfast
• Crag Foot
• craggy
• cragsman

Translations

Etymology 2

A variant of craw.

Noun

crag (plural crags)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) The neck or throat.

References

• Dravidian Origins and the West: Newly Discovered Ties with the Ancient Culture and Languages, Including Basque, of the Pre-Indo-European Mediterranean World, p. 325
• Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition
• Scigliano, Eric (2007): Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest For Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara, p. 84

Further reading

• crag on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• CAGR