plane figure vs figure eight

figure eight vs plane figure

plane figure and figure eight both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plane figure	Yes	No	No	No
figure eight	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, figure eight is a hyponym of plane figure; that is, figure eight is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than plane figure:

plane figure: a two-dimensional shape
figure eight: a two-dimensional figure having the shape of the number eight

Other hyponyms of plane figure include heart, polygon, polygonal shape, conic, conic section, oblong, hemicycle, semicircle, sector, star, paraboloid, ellipsoid, figure 8, figure of eight, tree, tree diagram.

plane figure (noun)	figure eight (noun)
a two-dimensional shape	a skating figure that carves an 8 in the ice
	a knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose
	a two-dimensional figure having the shape of the number eight

Difference between plane figure and figure eight

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