“The glacier that sank the Titanic was enormous.”
Usage Entry 1221 / 1350 60-second read
Glacier vs. Iceberg
A slow-moving mass of ice on land versus a chunk of ice floating in water.
The comparisoni
“The iceberg that sank the Titanic was enormous — glaciers stay on land. Icebergs float.”
The ruleii
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GLACIER = land. ICEBERG = floating.
A GLACIER is a massive, slow-flowing river of ice on land, formed by compacted snow. An ICEBERG is a large chunk of fresh-water ice that has broken off a glacier and floats in the ocean. Icebergs are glacier-born, but glaciers stay put.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Glaciers creep. Icebergs float.