Difference between Mountainous and Highland

What is the difference between Mountainous and Highland?

Mountainous as an adjective is having many mountains while Highland as an adjective is relating to highlands.

Mountainous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: having many mountains resembling a mountain, especially in size very difficult

Highland

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An area of land that is at elevation; mountainous land.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relating to highlands.

We hope you now know whether to use Mountainous or Highland in your sentence.

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