Groove vs. Ridge
Difference Between Groove and Ridge
Groovenoun
A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression.
Ridgenoun
(anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
Groovenoun
A fixed routine.
Ridgenoun
Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
Groovenoun
The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
Ridgenoun
The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
Groovenoun
A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
Ridgenoun
The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
Groovenoun
(mining) A shaft or excavation.
Ridgenoun
(fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
Grooveverb
(transitive) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
Ridgenoun
A chain of mountains.
Grooveverb
(intransitive) To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
I was just starting to groove to the band when we had to leave.Ridgenoun
A chain of hills.
Groovenoun
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
Ridgenoun
A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
Groovenoun
a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape;
they fell into a conversational rutRidgenoun
(meteorology) A type of warm air that comes down on to land from mountains.
Groovenoun
(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
Ridgeverb
(transitive) To form into a ridge
Grooveverb
make a groove in, or provide with a groove;
groove a vinyl recordRidgeverb
(intransitive) To extend in ridges
Grooveverb
hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove;
furrow soilRidgenoun
a long narrow natural elevation or striation
Ridgenoun
any long raised strip
Ridgenoun
a long narrow range of hills
Ridgenoun
any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
Ridgenoun
a beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment for upper end of rafters
Ridgeverb
extend in ridges;
The land ridges towards the SouthRidgeverb
plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
Ridgeverb
throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides;
He ridged his cornRidgeverb
spade into alternate ridges and troughs;
ridge the soilRidgeverb
form into a ridge
