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Cliff vs. Shore — What's the Difference?

Cliff vs. Shore — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Cliff and Shore

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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.

Shore

A shore or a shoreline is the fringe of land at the edge of a large body of water, such as an ocean, sea, or lake. In physical oceanography, a shore is the wider fringe that is geologically modified by the action of the body of water past and present, while the beach is at the edge of the shore, representing the intertidal zone where there is one.

Cliff

A steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea
A coast path along the top of rugged cliffs

Shore

The land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast.

Cliff

A high, steep, or overhanging face of rock.
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Shore

Often shores Land; country
Far from our native shores.

Cliff

A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

Shore

Land as opposed to water
A sailor with an assignment on shore.

Cliff

(figurative) A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc.

Shore

A beam or timber propped against a structure to provide support.

Cliff

A high, steep rock; a precipice.

Shore

To support by or as if by a prop
Shored up the sagging floors.
Shored up the peace initiative.

Cliff

See Clef.

Shore

A past tense of shear.

Cliff

A steep high face of rock;
He stood on a high cliff overlooking the town
A steep drop

Shore

Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.

Shore

(from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
The seamen were serving on shore instead of in ships.
The passengers signed up for shore tours.

Shore

A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.
The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.

Shore

(obsolete) To set on shore.

Shore

Not followed by up: to provide (something) with support.

Shore

Usually followed by up: to reinforce (something at risk of failure).
My family shored me up after I failed the GED.
The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.

Shore

To threaten or warn (someone).

Shore

To offer (someone).

Shore

A sewer.

Shore

A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.

Shore

The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.
Michael Cassio,Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,Is come shore.
The fruitful shore of muddy Nile.

Shore

To support by a shore or shores; to prop; - usually with up; as, to shore up a building.

Shore

To set on shore.

Shore

The land along the edge of a body of water

Shore

A beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support

Shore

Serve as a shore to;
The river was shored by trees

Shore

Arrive on shore;
The ship landed in Pearl Harbor

Shore

Support by placing against something solid or rigid;
Shore and buttress an old building

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