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strike-slip fault vs geological fault

geological fault vs strike-slip fault

strike-slip fault and geological fault both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
strike-slip fault Yes No No No
geological fault Yes No No No
As nouns, geological fault is a hypernym of strike-slip fault; that is, geological fault is a word with a broader meaning than strike-slip fault:
  • strike-slip fault: a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
  • geological fault: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Other hypernyms of strike-slip fault include break, fault, faulting, fracture, shift.
strike-slip fault (noun) geological fault (noun)
a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Difference between strike-slip fault and geological fault

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