Crevice vs. Crevasse

Crevicenoun

A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.

Creviceverb

To crack; to flaw.

Crevicenoun

A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.

Creviceverb

To crack; to flaw.

Crevicenoun

a long narrow depression in a surface

Crevicenoun

a long narrow opening

Crevassenoun

A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm.

Crevassenoun

(US) A breach in a canal or river bank.

Crevassenoun

(figuratively) A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome.

Crevasseverb

(intransitive) To form crevasses.

Crevasseverb

(transitive) To fissure with crevasses.

Crevassenoun

A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.

Crevassenoun

A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi.

Crevassenoun

a deep fissure

Crevasse

A crevasse is a deep crack, crevice or fissure found in an ice sheet or glacier, or earth. Crevasses form as a result of the movement and resulting stress associated with the shear stress generated when two semi-rigid pieces above a plastic substrate have different rates of movement.