Difference between Scarp and Escarpment
What is the difference between Scarp and Escarpment?
Scarp as a noun is the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet while Escarpment as a noun is a steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
Scarp
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet
a cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion; the steeper side of an escarpment
Escarpment
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
We hope you now know whether to use Scarp or Escarpment in your sentence.
