different between scarp vs crag

English

Etymology

Aphetic form of escarp.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sk??p/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sk??p/
• Rhymes: -??(r)p

Noun

scarp (plural scarps)

1. the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet
2. (geology) a cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

Translations

Verb

scarp (third-person singular simple present scarps, present participle scarping, simple past and past participle scarped)

1. (earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment

Anagrams

• APCRs, Carps, RSPCA, carps, craps, parcs, pracs, scrap

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