scissure vs geological fault

scissure and geological fault both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scissure	Yes	No	No	No
geological fault	Yes	No	No	No

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

scissure: a long narrow cleft
geological fault: (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, faulting, fracture, shift, rift, slit, split, vent, volcano.

scissure (noun)	geological fault (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

scissure vs geological fault

scissure and geological fault both are nouns.

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