Kame vs. Kami — What's the Difference?

A kame, or knob, is a glacial landform, an irregularly shaped hill or mound composed of sand, gravel and till that accumulates in a depression on a retreating glacier, and is then deposited on the land surface with further melting of the glacier. Kames are often associated with kettles, and this is referred to as kame and kettle or knob and kettle topography.

Kami (Japanese: 神, [kaꜜmi]) (often taken to mean "gods", though the concept is more involved than that) are the spirits, phenomena or "holy powers" that are venerated in the religion of Shinto. They can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature, as well as beings and the qualities that these beings express; they can also be the spirits of venerated dead people.

A short ridge or mound of sand and gravel deposited during the melting of glacial ice.

Any of the sacred beings worshiped in Shintoism, conceived as spirits abiding in natural phenomena and sometimes in people with extraordinary qualities.

(geology) A round hill or short ridge of sand or gravel deposited by a melting glacier.

An animistic God or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.

A low ridge.

(philosophy) The metaphysical causal generator of motion, life, or divinish aura.

(papercraft) A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side.

A title given to the celestial gods of the first mythical dynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of the second dynasty, and then to the long line of spiritual princes still represented by the mikado.

One the Shinto deities (including mythological beings, spirits of distinguished men, forces of nature)