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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Steep Vs slope

What is the difference between steep and slope?
  

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Steep is an adjective. Something that goes up only one meter over a distance of ten meters is not very steep. Something that goes up in height by two meters over a distance of only three meters will be very steep.

— BarbaraPA

  • Steep is an adjective.
  • Something that goes up only one meter over a distance of ten meters is not very steep.
  • Something that goes up in height by two meters over a distance of only three meters will be very steep.
  • The slope is a noun and is the measurement of height divided by distance.
  • The first one above has a 10% slope, and the second one a 67% slope.
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Steep is an adjective.

Something that goes up only one meter over a distance of ten meters is not very steep. Something that goes up in height by two meters over a distance of only three meters will be very steep.

The slope is a noun and is the measurement of height divided by distance. The first one above has a 10% slope, and the second one a 67% slope.
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If slope gets 'ed' at the end then can it be considerd an adjctive:

'The sloped hill'

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Aren't all hills sloped?
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Is it correct to say: "It is a slope very steep" ???
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No. It's a very steep slope.
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