2022-01-30 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C -crevice & crevasse

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2022-01-30

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C -crevice & crevasse

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Dictionary.com:

ออกเสียง crevice = “KREV-is” 

ออกเสียง crevasse = “kruh-VAS”

 

Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary

crevice & crevasse

Crevices are by definition tiny, 

like that little crevice between your teeth 

where the popcorn hulls always get caught. 

A huge crack in a glacier is given the French spelling: 

crevasse.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

What's the difference between a crevice and a crevasse?

Crevice and crevasse are very similar words: 

both come from Old French crever "to break or burst" 

and both refer to an opening of some kind. 

 

In fact, you can say that 

the only notable distinction between the two 

is the size of the openings they denote

—and that one of them—crevice

—is far more common than the other.

 

A crevice is a narrow opening 

resulting from a split or crack. 

In nature, crevices exist mostly in rocks and cliffs, 

but writers sometimes use the word 

for similar openings found in other materials, 

as in "crumbs in the crevices of the cushion." 

The word also is used metaphorically, 

as in "the cracks and crevices of memory."

 

Crevasse refers to a deep hole or fissure in a glacier or in the earth. 

In most instances, 

the word appears with enough context 

that the depth of the opening is easy enough to figure out, 

as in "a climber who fell 30 feet into a crevasse."

 

You'll sometimes find crevice used where crevasse is expected

—probably because it's the word people are more familiar with. 

One way to remember the distinction between 

crevice and crevasse is that the i in crevice, the smaller hole, 

is a thinner letter than a in crevasse, the largerhole. 

Or, should you step into a crevasse, perhaps you'll have time for a lot of "Ahhhs"?

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Usage Notes

'Crevice' and 'Crevasse': A Gap in Meaning

Look before you leap.

Crevice and crevasse are very similar words: 

they both derive from the Old French crever, a verb 

meaning "to break or burst," and both refer to an opening of some kind. 

In fact, you can say that the only notable distinction 

between the two is the size of the openings they denote.