curved shape vs brachistochrone

brachistochrone vs curved shape

curved shape and brachistochrone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
curved shape	Yes	No	No	No
brachistochrone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, brachistochrone is a hyponym of curved shape; that is, brachistochrone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than curved shape:

curved shape: the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
brachistochrone: a curve between two points along which a body can move under gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve.

Other hyponyms of curved shape include bell-shaped curve, Gaussian curve, Gaussian shape, normal curve, meander, closed curve, S-shape, catenary, Cupid's bow, undulation, wave, extrados, gooseneck, intrados, bend, crook, turn, twist, crotchet, hook, envelope, arc, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle, scallop, spiral, helix, spiral, perversion, sinuosity, sinuousness, arch, bell, bell shape, campana, arc, bow, crescent, quadric, quadric surface, lemniscate, line roulette, roulette, pedal curve, indifference curve, demand curve, polygonal chain, conchoid, supply curve, cosine curve, cotangent curve, tangent curve.

curved shape (noun)	brachistochrone (noun)
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes	a curve between two points along which a body can move under gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve.

Difference between curved shape and brachistochrone

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