Cliff vs. Escarpment

Cliffnoun

A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

Escarpmentnoun

a steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.

Cliffnoun

A high, steep rock; a precipice.

Escarpmentnoun

A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.

Cliffnoun

See Clef.

Escarpmentnoun

a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion

Cliffnoun

a steep high face of rock;

‘he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town’; ‘a steep drop’;

Escarpmentnoun

a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification

Cliffnoun

a steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea

‘a coast path along the top of rugged cliffs’;

Escarpmentnoun

a long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.

Cliff

In geography and geology, a cliff is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical. Cliffs are formed by the processes of weathering and erosion, with the effect of gravity.

Escarpment

An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations. The terms scarp and scarp face are often used interchangeably with escarpment.