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Coachpotato Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

cape / headland

I suppose that cape and headland are different things, but by looking at the dictionary deffinition they look the same to me Emotion: tongue tied Could you help me?

Thanks for your help.
  

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It looks to me like capes (The Cape of Good Hope, Cape Cod, etc) are bigger entities. And a headland by definition is 'usually high and with a sheer drop', which is not a requirement of capes.

— Mister Micawber

  • It looks to me like capes (The Cape of Good Hope, Cape Cod, etc) are bigger entities.
  • And a headland by definition is 'usually high and with a sheer drop', which is not a requirement of capes.
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It looks to me like capes (The Cape of Good Hope, Cape Cod, etc) are bigger entities. And a headland by definition is 'usually high and with a sheer drop', which is not a requirement of capes.
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