What's the difference between cliff and clough?

Cliff


Definition:

  • (n.) A high, steep rock; a precipice.
  • (n.) See Clef.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cliff's choice of opening a cappella number for the centre court crowds was inspired: Summer Holiday.
  • (2) Tiny, tiny... rodents – some soft and grey, some brown with black stripes, in paintings, posters, wallcharts, thumb-tacked magazine clippings and poorly executed crayon drawings, hurling themselves fatally in their thousands over the cliff of their island home; or crudely taxidermied and mounted, eyes glazed and little paws frozen stiff – on every available surface.
  • (3) • earthseasky.org North Zakynthos Potamitis Brothers, North Zakynthos Where to stay: Potamitis Brothers The brothers run boat trips (see below), but also own some rather special accommodation perched on the cliffs of Cape Skinari on the northern tip of Zakynthos.
  • (4) Politically speaking, that could generate some powerful questions, as families on the cliff-edge begin to digest politicians' rhetoric about hardworking families and ask themselves: "How did we get here?"
  • (5) The New South Wales and South Australian premiers have joined forces to tell treasurer Scott Morrison that finding extra federal funding to head off a looming hospitals and schools funding “cliff” is a “non negotiable” condition of their support for increasing the GST.
  • (6) Yes, at the 2010 Conservative conference the party announced a similar cliff-edge at the higher rate tax threshold as a way of effectively means-testing child benefit payments, but that was eventually removed and replaced with a less egregious taper at the 2012 budget.
  • (7) This may go some way to explaining why, even as his approval ratings fall off a cliff and some call for his impeachment, he sees no reason to course-correct, as he and a noisy caucus around him seem to become ever more self-righteous.
  • (8) So, if the Fed is afraid that the fiscal cliff may cause a disruption so big that even the Fed's all-encompassing embrace of the markets can't fix it, then it's Chairman Bernanke's word – and not that of Congress – that carries the most weight.
  • (9) A search and rescue operation was immediately undertaken however the escapee’s body was later discovered by search and rescue teams on Sunday at the bottom of island cliffs away from the centre.
  • (10) I think, in all honestly, if I could be Bradley Whitford I would be very, very happy.” He becomes almost drawlingly dreamy, rolling his “r”s as he leans against the warm oolite cliffs of this Jurassic Coast, until rudely interrupted by me, asking whether there’s talk of a Broadchurch 3 .
  • (11) Updated at 11.27am BST 11.18am BST Another reminder that the debt ceiling is looming: James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) Washington fell off the government shutdown cliff ... and there is not another cliff to break its fall until Oct. 17 - Wash. Research Group October 1, 2013 11.16am BST How much will the shutdown cost?
  • (12) In the pre-budget report, Darling announced £20bn in tax cuts and increased spending, in an attempt to stop the UK economy falling off a cliff.
  • (13) Migration from other EU countries has not fallen off a cliff despite the result of last summer’s referendum: according to the Office for National Statistics, the number of non-UK nationals from the EU working in the UK rose by 171,000 to 2.32 million between the first quarter of 2016 and the first quarter of 2017.
  • (14) During the global financial crisis and recession, when demand fell off a cliff, Australia activated stimulus measures to support consumption and to invest in infrastructure to support jobs and growth.
  • (15) Using Koufonissi as a base, there are daily excursions by caique and ferry to nearby islands, including Iraklia, where walkers can follow a pilgrims' trail across the high lands to spectacular St John's Cave, carved into a limestone cliff.
  • (16) A group of economists told the Wall Street Journal that is exactly what is happening : They blame our lackluster recovery this year on a pullback in spending and investment by US companies, which are afraid that the fallout from a fiscal cliff could compromise their ability to find funding or function normally.
  • (17) I eventually had to assume the role of boss because if you decide to slide away from the steering wheel, the car could go off the cliff.” We both know what he’s talking about.
  • (18) "We would like to see the United States lower the level of uncertainty by embracing more specifically the need to avoid the fiscal cliff and deal with the medium-term problems," said Lipton, a former economic adviser to President Barack Obama.
  • (19) What he says “You just find a cliff and jump off, and you keep doing it, and if it works on a small cliff, then you move on to a higher one, and a higher one, and then finally you get to a big audience and you go, ‘Fine, OK, I’m happy with this material’.
  • (20) Brees is sacked by Cliff Avril on third-and-nine, taking his team out of field goal range, and instead Thomas Morstead comes back out to punt.

Clough


Definition:

  • (n.) A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley.
  • (n.) A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
  • (n.) An allowance in weighing. See Cloff.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They say the footage shows Clough being pushed by police officers and struck on the head with a baton before he was pushed backwards to the ground and arrested.
  • (2) Later in the evening ITV1's documentary Clough pulled in 2.1 million viewers and a 10% share between 10.35pm and 11.50pm.
  • (3) The heavily-trailed programme was timed to coincide with the forthcoming Peter Morgan feature film The Damned United and featured exclusive interviews with family and friends of the late Brian Clough, which countered the portrayal of the outspoken football manager in the movie.
  • (4) Bert Clough Newbury, Berkshire • The first strike in recorded history occurred in ancient Egypt in the 12th century BC, when workers did not receive their rations.
  • (5) Alan Clough said he was relieved with the outcome of the court case, but had mixed feelings as he "would have liked to prove my innocence in court".
  • (6) After swatting aside Leeds 3-0 in the first round with goals from Franz Carr, Stuart Pearce and Garry Parker, they beat Aston Villa on penalties in the quarter-final after a 0-0 draw, surprise package Tranmere on penalties in the semi-final after a thrilling 2-2 draw with goals from Carr and Neil Webb, and Sheffield Wednesday, yes on penalties with Webb scoring the decisive spot-kick, after a goalless draw in the final - all this despite the absence of their manager, Brian Clough.
  • (7) And this yearning was exemplified by the men whose success came to tower over their respective cities: Shankly at Liverpool, Clough at Derby, Revie at Leeds.
  • (8) We have had one or two discussions, we are awaiting a decision and the owners will make that in good time,” Clough said at his pre-match press conference previewing his side’s League One trip to Bradford on Saturday.
  • (9) "It almost certainly was, though, at least in part a slight against Hodge, with whom Clough had a protracted battle over a new contract throughout the latter part of the season.
  • (10) The television presenter Charlie Webster has resigned as a patron of Sheffield United, saying: “I don’t believe a convicted rapist should go back to a club that I am patron of and should go back into the community to represent the community.” Nigel Clough said he was consulted over the Evans decision.
  • (11) The Sheffield United manager Nigel Clough has insisted that allowing the convicted rapist Ched Evans back to train with the club was not a precursor to offering him a deal.
  • (12) "Perhaps Forest's manager was relaxing his team before the fourth-round visit to Newcastle on February 11," reasoned Russell Thomas in the Guardian's match report but according to Jonathan Wilson's biography of Clough – Nobody Ever Says Thank You – there was more to the decision than that.
  • (13) Nigel Clough, the club’s manager, said this week it was for the owners – the millionaire businessman Kevin McCabe and Saudi prince Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud – to make the call.
  • (14) Bert Clough The common practice among FTSE 100 companies of paying CEOs around 140 times the amount paid to the average worker in the company has to be a huge hindrance to improving productivity, especially when workers are denied a share of the profits their efforts bring to the firms.
  • (15) Clough, though, said the club are yet to decide what to do.
  • (16) The names Matt Busby, Bob Paisley, Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough were put to the Italian in the context that he may soon be joining their illustrious company, but there has never been a European Cup-winning interim first-team coach.
  • (17) During a discussion about the possible transfer of the Nottingham Forest striker Teddy Sheringham, Sugar said in court that Venables had informed him that Forest's legendary manager Brian Clough "likes a bung".
  • (18) Penny and John Clough, parents of murdered Jane: 'The system is very biased towards the defendant.'
  • (19) Ferguson apart, one can think of only two – Herbert Chapman and Brian Clough – who have achieved more with separate clubs.
  • (20) Batons are drawn and Clough is punched by an officer in riot gear who is lashing out at demonstrators.

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