Mountain vs. Fell — What's the Difference?

A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. A mountain differs from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is larger than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (1000 feet) above the surrounding land.

A fell (from Old Norse fell, fjall, "mountain") is a high and barren landscape feature, such as a mountain or moor-covered hill. The term is most often employed in Norway, Fennoscandia, the Isle of Man, parts of northern England, and Scotland.

Abbr. Mt. or Mtn. A natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass, generally steep sides, and a height greater than that of a hill.

Cut down (a tree)

A large heap

Stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat

A huge quantity

An amount of timber cut.

(countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.

A hill or stretch of high moorland, especially in northern England

(countable) Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.

An animal's hide or skin with its hair.

(figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.

Of terrible evil or ferocity; deadly

Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain.

To cause to fall by striking; cut or knock down

A woman's large breast.

To kill

(cartomancy) The twenty-first Lenormand card.

To sew or finish (a seam) with the raw edges flattened, turned under, and stitched down.

A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount.

Past tense of fall.

A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains.

The timber cut down in one season.

A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk; a large quantity.

A felled seam.

Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.

The hide of an animal; a pelt.

Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.

A thin membrane directly beneath the hide.

A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

Chiefly British An upland stretch of open country; a moor.

A large number or amount;

A barren or stony hill.

Relating to or located in mountains;

Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce

Capable of destroying; lethal

Dire; sinister

(Scots) Sharp and biting.

(transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.

(transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.

(sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

A cutting-down of timber.

The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.

(textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

An animal skin, hide, pelt.

Human skin now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense.

A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.

A wild field or upland moor.

Anger; gall; melancholy.

Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.

Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent

Very large; huge.

(obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.

Sharply; fiercely.

Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.

Eager; earnest; intent.

Gall; anger; melancholy.

A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; - used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.

A barren or rocky hill.

A wild field; a moor.

The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.

A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.

The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.

To sew or hem; - said of seams.

The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

Seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges

The act of felling something (as a tree)

Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow;

Pass away rapidly;

Sew a seam by folding the edges

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;