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Goaf vs Subsidence - What's the difference?

goaf | subsidence |

As nouns the difference between goaf and subsidence

is that goaf is (mining) that part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings while subsidence is the process of becoming less active or severe.

goaf

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (mining) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings.

    • Synonyms

    * gob (Webster 1913)

    subsidence

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia subsidence)
  • The process of becoming less active or severe
  • * Bishop Warburton
    • The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.
  • A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation or seismic activity or groundwater depletion

    • Related terms

    * subside