chasm
Other forms: chasms
A chasm is a deep divide, either literal or figurative, such as a giant chasm in an ice cap or the growing chasm between two friends who haven't spoken in a long time.
The first syllable in chasm sounds like cat without the t sound: "CA-zum." It comes from the Greek word khasma, meaning "yawning hollow, gulf" and was originally used to describe a split in a land formation, such as a deep crack caused by an earthquake. The word still retains that sense, but today can also mean "a profound division between people or beliefs," such as a chasm between Republicans and Democrats.
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a deep opening in the earth's surface
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an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)synonyms: disconnect, disconnection, gulftype of:disparityinequality or difference in some respect
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