Glen vs. Hollow
Difference Between Glen and Hollow
Glen➦
A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower than a strath".
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Hollow➦
Having a cavity, gap, or space within
a hollow wall.
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Glen➦
a narrow valley, especially in Scotland or Ireland.
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Hollow➦
Deeply indented or concave; sunken
"His bearded face already has a set, hollow look" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).
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Glen➦
A small, secluded valley.
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Hollow➦
Without substance or character
a hollow person.
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Glen➦
A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.
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Hollow➦
Devoid of truth or validity; specious
"Theirs is at best a hollow form of flattery" (Annalyn Swan).
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Glen➦
A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.
And wooes the widow's daughter of the glen.
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Hollow➦
Having a reverberating, sepulchral sound
hollow footsteps.
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Glen➦
a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
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Hollow➦
A cavity, gap, or space
a hollow behind a wall.
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Hollow➦
An indented or concave surface or area.
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Hollow➦
A void; an emptiness
a hollow in one's life.
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Hollow➦
A small valley between hills or mountains.
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Hollow➦
To make hollow
hollow out a pumpkin.
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Hollow➦
To scoop or form by making concave
hollow out a nest in the sand.
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Hollow➦
To become hollow or empty.
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Hollow➦
A small valley between mountains.
He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
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Hollow➦
A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
the hollow of the hand or of a tree
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Hollow➦
(figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
a hollow in the pit of one’s stomach
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Hollow➦
(US) A sunken area.
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Hollow➦
(transitive) to make a hole in something; to excavate
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Hollow➦
To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.
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Hollow➦
(of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
a hollow tree; a hollow sphere
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Hollow➦
(of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
He let out a hollow moan.
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Hollow➦
(figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
a hollow victory
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Hollow➦
(figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
a hollow promise
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Hollow➦
Concave; gaunt; sunken.
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Hollow➦
(gymnastics) Pertaining to hollow body position
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Hollow➦
(colloquial) Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.
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Hollow➦
alternative form of hollo
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Hollow➦
Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it.
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Hollow➦
Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
With hollow eye and wrinkled brow.
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Hollow➦
Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.
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Hollow➦
Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.
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Hollow➦
A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree.
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Hollow➦
A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.
Forests grewUpon the barren hollows.
I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood.
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Hollow➦
To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.
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Hollow➦
To shout; to hollo.
Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear.
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Hollow➦
To urge or call by shouting.
He has hollowed the hounds.
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Hollow➦
Hollo.
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Hollow➦
a cavity or space in something;
hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks
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Hollow➦
a small valley between mountains;
he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians
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Hollow➦
a depression hollowed out of solid matter
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Hollow➦
remove the inner part or the core of;
the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite
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Hollow➦
remove the interior of;
hollow out a tree trunk
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Hollow➦
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity;
a hollow wall
a hollow tree
hollow cheeks
his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year
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Hollow➦
deliberately deceptive;
hollow (or false) promises
false pretenses
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Hollow➦
as if echoing in a hollow space;
the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom
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Hollow➦
devoid of significance or point;
empty promises
a hollow victory
vacuous comments
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