The difference between Gorge and Ravine
When used as nouns, gorge means the front aspect of the neck, whereas ravine means a deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.
Gorge is also verb with the meaning: to stuff the gorge or gullet with food.
Gorge is also adjective with the meaning: gorgeous.
check bellow for the other definitions of Gorge and Ravine
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Gorge as a noun (archaic):
The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.
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Gorge as a noun (archaic, literary):
The inside of the throat; the esophagus, the gullet; the crop or gizzard of a hawk.
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Gorge as a noun:
Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.
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Gorge as a noun (US):
A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself.
Examples:
"an ice gorge in a river"
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Gorge as a noun (architectural element):
A concave moulding; a cavetto.
Examples:
"rfquotek Gwilt"
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Gorge as a noun (architectural element, [[fortification]]):
The entrance to an outwork, such as a bastion.
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Gorge as a noun (fishing):
A primitive device used instead of a hook to catch fish, consisting of an object that is easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
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Gorge as a noun (geography):
A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.
Examples:
"synonyms canyon"
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Gorge as a noun (mechanical engineering):
The groove of a pulley.
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Gorge as a verb (intransitive, reflexive):
To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities.
Examples:
"They gorged themselves on chocolate and cake."
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Gorge as a verb (transitive):
To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
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Gorge as a verb (transitive):
To fill up to the throat; to glut, to satiate.
Examples:
"synonyms sate stuff"
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Gorge as a verb (transitive):
To fill up (an organ, a vein, etc.); to block up or obstruct; of ice: to choke or fill a channel or passage, causing an obstruction.
Examples:
"synonyms engorge"
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Gorge as a noun:
An act of gorging.
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Gorge as an adjective (slang):
Gorgeous.
Examples:
"Oh, look at him: isn’t he gorge?"
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Ravine as a noun:
A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.