Bottom
Bottom noun - The lowest point or level.
Usage example: their marriage had really hit bottom when they began sleeping in separate rooms
Pit
Pit noun - A sunken area forming a separate space.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The second is a cave at the bottom of a pit in The Catacombs (this pit needs to be filled with water, or it's effectively bottomless).
Source: Video Game / Turok -
In NetHack (non-bottomless) pit traps often have spikes at the bottom, which merely cause more damage than a normal pit trap rather than causing a One-Hit Kill.
Source: Spikes of Doom -
NCIS: New Orleans: In "Second Chances", the Victim of the Week is tossed into a pit on a construction site, where he is impaled on the rebar at the bottom of the pit.
Source: Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
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