Earthquake vs. Volcano

Earthquakenoun

A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.

Earthquakenoun

(planetary geology) Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.

Earthquakenoun

A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; - called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock.

Earthquakeadjective

Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; startling.

Earthquakenoun

shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

Earthquakenoun

a disturbance that is extremely disruptive;

Earthquake

An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in size from those that are so weak that they cannot be felt to those violent enough to propel objects and people into the air, and wreak destruction across entire cities.

Volcanonoun

A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

Volcanonoun

A form of firework.

Volcanonoun

A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; - often popularly called a burning mountain.

Volcanonoun

a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt

Volcanonoun

a mountain formed by volcanic material

Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging, and most are found underwater.