A chasm is a deep, narrow and steep-sided gap or valley between two landforms such as mountains or hills. It can also refer to a profound difference or division between two things, ideas or people.
Usage examples
The two political parties were not able to bridge the chasm that divided them.
The company saw a significant chasm between their projected sales and their actual sales.
The cultural differences created a wide chasm between the foreign students and the local students.
The project faced a major chasm when the team realized they lacked the necessary funding.
The divorce resulted in a deep chasm between the couple, with little hope for reconciliation.
There was clearly some kind of chasm between the two worlds of charter lenders and charter authorizers. (qualitycharters.org)
His expiration of alternative and intimate stories of Ethiopia is represented in Chasms of the Soul: A Silent Witness Series (2010), where Tsegaye explores the impermanent nature of seemingly permanent structures. (addisfineart.com)
We must at least deliver concretely on compensation for loss and damage, a real second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol with real ambitious numbers, and on a clear work plan with timeframes to deliver climate finance to even be able to accept the outcome package of COP18, the bar is set at its lowest this is a huge chasm in in the the worlds climete and for the lives of the poor. (earthinbrackets.org)