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scissure vs faulting

faulting vs scissure

scissure and faulting both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
scissure Yes No No No
faulting Yes No No No
As nouns, faulting is a hyponym of scissure; that is, faulting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than scissure:
  • scissure: a long narrow cleft
  • faulting: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Other hyponyms of scissure include chap, chink, crevasse, fatigue crack, break, fault, fracture, geological fault, shift, rift, slit, split, vent, volcano.
scissure (noun) faulting (noun)
a long narrow cleft (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
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