Gulley vs. Gully — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Gulley and Gully
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Definitions
Gulley➦
Alternative spelling of gully(Etymology 1)
Gully➦
A gully is a landform created by running water, eroding sharply into soil or other relatively erodable material, typically on a hillside. Gullies resemble large ditches or small valleys, but are metres to tens of metres in depth and width.
Gulley➦
Alternative spelling of gully
Gully➦
A ravine formed by the action of water.
Gully➦
A fielding position on the off side between point and the slips
He was caught in the gully by Jones
Gully➦
An alley.
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Gully➦
(of water) make gullies or deep channels in (land)
He began to pick his way over the gullied landscape
Gully➦
A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour.
Gully➦
A channel in the side of a mountain, especially one forming a path for avalanches or rockfall.
Gully➦
A large knife.
Gully➦
To wear a deep ditch or channel in.
Gully➦
To form a deep ditch or channel.
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Gully➦
A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
Gully➦
A small valley.
Gully➦
(UK) A drop kerb.
Gully➦
A road drain.
Gully➦
(cricket) A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
Gully➦
(UK) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
Gully➦
A large knife.
Gully➦
(India) an alleyway or side street.
Gully➦
(obsolete) To flow noisily..
Gully➦
(transitive) To wear away into a gully or gullies.
Gully➦
A large knife.
Gully➦
A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.
Gully➦
A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
Gully➦
To wear into a gully or into gullies.
Gully➦
To flow noisily.
Gully➦
Deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)