Canyon vs. Gorge

Canyonnoun

A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

Canyonnoun

The English form of the Spanish word Cañon.

Canyonnoun

a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

Canyonnoun

a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it, as found in North America

Canyon

A canyon (from Spanish: cañón; archaic British English spelling: cañon) or gorge is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency to cut through underlying surfaces, eventually wearing away rock layers as sediments are removed downstream.

Gorgenoun

(archaic) The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.

Gorgenoun

The inside of the throat; the esophagus, the gullet; the crop or gizzard of a hawk.

Gorgenoun

Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.

Gorgenoun

(US) A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself.

Gorgenoun

(architectural element) A concave moulding; a cavetto.

Gorgenoun

The entrance to an outwork, such as a bastion.

Gorgenoun

(fishing) A primitive device used instead of a hook to catch fish, consisting of an object that is easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.

Gorgenoun

(geography) A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.

Gorgenoun

(mechanical engineering) The groove of a pulley.

Gorgenoun

An act of gorging.

Gorgeverb

To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. on

Gorgeverb

(transitive) To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.

Gorgeverb

(transitive) To fill up to the throat; to glut, to satiate.

Gorgeverb

(transitive) To fill up (an organ, a vein, etc.); to block up or obstruct; of ice: to choke or fill a channel or passage, causing an obstruction.

Gorgeadjective

(slang) Gorgeous.

Gorgenoun

The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach.

Gorgenoun

A narrow passage or entrance

Gorgenoun

That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl.

Gorgenoun

A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.

Gorgenoun

A concave molding; a cavetto.

Gorgenoun

The groove of a pulley.

Gorgenoun

A primitive device used instead of a fishhook, consisting of an object easy to be swallowed but difficult to be ejected or loosened, as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.

Gorgeverb

To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.

Gorgeverb

To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.

Gorgeverb

To eat greedily and to satiety.

Gorgenoun

a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)

Gorgenoun

a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

Gorgenoun

the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

Gorgeverb

overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself;

Gorgenoun

a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it.

Gorgenoun

the throat.

Gorgenoun

the crop of a hawk.

Gorgenoun

the contents of the stomach.

Gorgenoun

a narrow rear entrance to a bastion, outwork, or other fortification.

Gorgenoun

a mass of ice obstructing a narrow passage, especially a river.

Gorgeverb

eat a large amount greedily; fill oneself with food