The difference between Canyon and Gulch
When used as nouns, canyon means a valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river, whereas gulch means a ravine-like or deep v-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods.
Gulch is also verb with the meaning: to swallow greedily.
check bellow for the other definitions of Canyon and Gulch
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Canyon as a noun:
A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
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Gulch as a verb (obsolete):
To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
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Gulch as a verb (obsolete):
To fall heavily.
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Gulch as a noun:
A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.
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Gulch as a noun (obsolete):
An act of gulching or gulping.
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Gulch as a noun (obsolete):
A glutton.