Difference between Cleft and Crevice

What is the difference between Cleft and Crevice?

Cleft as a noun is an opening, fissure, or v-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting while Crevice as a noun is a narrow crack or opening, especially in rock or ice; a fissure or cleft.

Cleft

Part of speech: noun

Definition: an opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."

Crevice

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A narrow crack or opening, especially in rock or ice; a fissure or cleft.

We hope you now know whether to use Cleft or Crevice in your sentence.

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