curved shape vs crenation

crenation vs curved shape

curved shape and crenation both are nouns.

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

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

curved shape: the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
crenation: one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)

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, 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, brachistochrone, supply curve, cosine curve, cotangent curve, tangent curve.

curved shape (noun)	crenation (noun)
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes	one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)

Difference between curved shape and crenation

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