crevice vs fault

fault vs crevice

crevice and fault both are nouns.

crevice is not a verb while fault is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crevice	Yes	No	No	No
fault	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, fault is a hyponym of crevice; that is, fault is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crevice:

crevice: a long narrow cleft
fault: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

Other hyponyms of crevice include chap, chink, crevasse, fatigue crack, break, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift, rift, slit, split, vent, volcano.

crevice (noun)	fault (noun)
a long narrow cleft	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
a long narrow depression in a surface	(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
	the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
	responsibility for a bad situation or event
	(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
	(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
	an imperfection in an object or machine

crevice (verb)	fault (verb)
	put or pin the blame on

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