valley vs mountain
Definitions
noun
- a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
Examples
A few farms were dotted about in the valley.
Some 1000m directly below me ran a river along the bottom of the valley and the mountains rose from there around me.
A flanking attack on Antigonus' troops from Spartan light infantry stationed in the Oenus valley was thwarted by an aggressive cavalry attack led by the Achaean general Philopoemen.
Definitions
noun
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
Examples
Winfrey interviewed Cruise at his mountaintop home near Telluride, Colorado, surrounded by the snow-capped Rocky Mountains.
We were headed for the mountains
We gave ourselves a mountain to climb.
