curved shape vs tangent curve

tangent curve vs curved shape

curved shape and tangent curve both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
curved shape	Yes	No	No	No
tangent curve	Yes	No	No	No

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

curved shape: the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
tangent curve: a plane curve that is the graph of the equation y = tan x, where x is an angle.

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

curved shape (noun)	tangent curve (noun)
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes	a plane curve that is the graph of the equation y = tan x, where x is an angle.

Difference between curved shape and tangent curve

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