Difference between Gorge and Defile

What is the difference between Gorge and Defile?

Gorge as a noun is a deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides; a ravine. while Defile as a noun is a way or gorge so narrow that only one person at a time can pass.

Gorge

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides; a ravine. The throat or gullet.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To eat greedily and in large quantities.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Gorgeous.

Defile

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A way or gorge so narrow that only one person at a time can pass.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to make impure; to make dirty. Less strong than to pollute(intransitive) To march in a single file.

We hope you now know whether to use Gorge or Defile in your sentence.

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