contour vs roundness

roundness vs contour

contour and roundness both are nouns.

contour is a verb but roundness is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
contour	Yes	No	Yes	No
roundness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, roundness is a hyponym of contour; that is, roundness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than contour:

contour: any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
roundness: the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular

Other hyponyms of contour include keenness, sharpness, bluntness, dullness, topography, lobularity, concaveness, concavity, convexity, convexness, angularity, narrowing, curvature, curve, straightness, crookedness, stratification, rectilinearity.

contour (noun)	roundness (noun)
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)	the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular
a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure	the bodily property of being well rounded
a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height	the quality of being round numbers
	the fullness of a tone of voice

contour (verb)	roundness (verb)
form the contours of

Difference between contour and roundness

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