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earthquake vs microseism

microseism vs earthquake

earthquake and microseism both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
earthquake Yes No No No
microseism Yes No No No
As nouns, microseism is a hyponym of earthquake; that is, microseism is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than earthquake:
  • earthquake: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
  • microseism: a small earthquake
Other hyponyms of earthquake include seismic disturbance, shock, earth tremor, tremor, seaquake, submarine earthquake.
earthquake (noun) microseism (noun)
shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity a small earthquake
a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
Difference between earthquake and microseism

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