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Gothic vs perpendicular

perpendicular vs Gothic

Gothic and perpendicular both are nouns.

Gothic and perpendicular both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Gothic Yes Yes No No
perpendicular Yes Yes No No
As nouns, perpendicular is a hyponym of Gothic; that is, perpendicular is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Gothic:
  • Gothic: a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches
  • perpendicular: a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
Other hyponyms of Gothic include English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture, perpendicular style.
Gothic (noun) perpendicular (noun)
a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches an extremely steep face
extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point
a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
a straight line at right angles to another line
Gothic (adjective) perpendicular (adjective)
of or relating to the Goths intersecting at or forming right angles
of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German so steep as to be nearly vertical
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