Difference between Steep and Precipitous

STEEP vs PRECIPITOUS: NOUN

A steep place (as on a hill)
A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.
A rennet bag.
A precipitous slope.
The state of being steeped.
A liquid, bath, or solution in which something is steeped.
That in which anything is steeped; specifically, a fertilizing liquid in which seeds are soaked to quicken germination.
The process of steeping; the state of being steeped, soaked, or permeated: used chiefly in the phrase in steep.
A liquid used in a steeping process
B escarpment
Rennet: so called from being steeped before it is used.
A steep or precipitous place; an abrupt ascent or descent; a precipice.
Same as brasque.
Plural The solutions or baths in which metals are dipped preparatory to electro-plating.
The act or process of steeping.
Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.

Ambitious; difficult.
Excessive; stiff.
At a rapid or precipitous rate.
Having a sharp inclination; precipitous.
Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
Of a slope; set at a high angle
Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous.
Difficult of access; not easily reached; lofty; elevated; high.
Excessive.
Having a sharp inclination
Expensive

Devote (oneself) fully to
To make tea (or other beverage) by placing leaves in hot water.
To be imbued with an abstract quality
Engross (oneself) fully
Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse
To soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove components to or from the item

To soak in liquid in order to cleanse, soften, or extract a given property from.
To infuse or subject thoroughly to.
To make thoroughly wet; saturate.
To undergo a soaking in liquid.
To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid.

To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking. Often used figuratively.

To be bathed in a liquid; soak.
To imbue or impregnate as with a specified influence; cause to become permeated or pervaded (with): followed by in.
To bathe with a liquid; wet; moisten.
To soak in a liquid; macerate: as, to steep barley; to steep herbs.
Of a slope
Set at a high angle
To tilt (a barrel).
Bright; glittering; fiery.
Excessive; difficult; forbidding: as, a steep undertaking; a steep price.
Elevated; high; lofty.
Having an almost perpendicular slope; precipitous; sheer.

Sheer, Perpendicular, Bold, Unconscionable, Outrageous, Absorb, Extortionate, Bluff, High, Abrupt, Exorbitant, Heavy, Plunge, Sharp, Precipitous

Reckless, Precipitated, Rapid, Dizzying, Hasty, Precipitate, Vertiginous, Sudden, Meteoric, Dramatic, Cliffy, Clifflike, Sharp, Abrupt, Steep

Immoderate, Sheer, Perpendicular, Bold, Unconscionable, Outrageous, Extortionate, Bluff, High, Abrupt, Exorbitant, Heavy, Plunge, Sharp, Precipitous

Reckless, Precipitated, Rapid, Dizzying, Hasty, Precipitate, Vertiginous, Sudden, Meteoric, Dramatic, Cliffy, Clifflike, Sharp, Abrupt, Steep

It is licensed, with a steep licensing cost.
The number of future for steep, inaccessible lands.
No steep slopes are located on the site.
Avoid stopping and starting on steep hills initially.
Steep downgrade in the road ahead, slow down.
The trail also includes several very steep climbs.
Turning or driving across steep hills can bedangerous.
Steep increase in mass and the unchanged radii lead to a steep increase in atomic and ionic radii of last!
While there are special tools to help you steep tea, you can also keep it simple and still steep like an expert.
The land ranges from nearly level to steep, but most areas are gently sloping to moderately steep.