shape vs appearance
appearance vs shapeshape and appearance both are nouns.
shape is a verb but appearance is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| shape | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| appearance | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
appearance is a hypernym of
shape; that is, appearance is a
word with a broader meaning than shape:
- shape: the visual appearance of something or someone
- appearance: outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
Other hypernyms of shape include
visual aspect.
| shape (noun) | appearance (noun) |
|---|---|
| the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance | the act of appearing in public view |
| any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action |
| the visual appearance of something or someone | pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression |
| alternative names for the body of a human being | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing |
| a perceptual structure | a mental representation |
| a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept | the event of coming into sight |
| the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') |
| shape (verb) | appearance (verb) |
|---|---|
| give shape or form to | |
| shape or influence; give direction to | |
| make something, usually for a specific function |
Words related to "shape"
- adult body
- alter
- amorphous shape
- anatomy
- angular shape
- angularity
- appearance
- attribute
- beat
- block
- blow
- bluntness
- bod
- body
- build
- carry weight
- carve
- cast
- cause
- change
- chassis
- chip
- circle
- coil
- column
- concaveness
- concavity
- concrete representation
- concretism
- condition
- configuration
- conformation
- connection
- connexion
- contour
- convexity
- convexness
- create from raw material
- create from raw stuff
- crooked
- crookedness
- crystalise
- crystalize
- crystallise
- crystallize
- cup
- curvature
- curve
- cut out
- decide
- deform
- determine
- dimension
- dish
- disincline
- dispose
- distort
- distorted shape
- distortion
- do
- draw
- dullness
- embodiment
- encircle
- female body
- figure
- fit
- fitness
- flair
- flare
- flatten
- flesh
- forge
- fork
- form
- fractal
- frame
- gestalt
- good health
- grid
- grind
- hand-build
- handbuild
- healthiness
- hill
- homo
- human
- human being
- human body
- incline
- index
- indispose
- individual
- individuate
- influence
- juvenile body
- kaleidoscope
- keenness
- layer
- line
- link
- lobularity
- machine
- make
- male body
- man
- material body
- miscreate
- model
- modify
- mold
- mortal
- mosaic
- mould
- mound
- narrowing
- natural shape
- organic structure
- pace
- pattern
- percept
- perception
- perceptual experience
- person
- physical body
- physical fitness
- physique
- pillar
- plane
- plume
- predetermine
- preform
- process
- puddle
- rectilinearity
- regulate
- remold
- reshape
- ridge
- roll
- roughcast
- round
- round off
- round out
- round shape
- roundness
- scallop
- scollop
- sculpt
- sculpture
- shapely
- shaper
- shaping
- sharpness
- sheet
- sinter
- sliver
- solid
- soma
- somebody
- someone
- soul
- spatial property
- spatiality
- square
- square up
- stamp
- straight
- straightness
- strain
- strand
- stratification
- strike
- structure
- swage
- tabulate
- terrace
- throw
- tie
- time
- topography
- tower
- triangle
- turn
- twist
- upset
- visual aspect
- work
- work on
Words related to "appearance"
- 3-D
- 3D
- agerasia
- apparition
- appear
- appearing
- arrival
- attendance
- attending
- beauty
- blemish
- cast
- color
- colour
- coming into court
- complexion
- countenance
- decorativeness
- defect
- deformity
- disappearance
- discoloration
- discolouration
- disfiguration
- disfigurement
- effect
- elaborateness
- emergence
- emersion
- etiolation
- face
- feigning
- form
- format
- front
- gloss
- hairiness
- hairlessness
- happening
- homeliness
- illusion
- image
- impression
- internal representation
- linear perspective
- look
- manifestation
- mar
- materialisation
- materialization
- mental representation
- natural event
- occurrence
- occurrent
- ornateness
- persona
- perspective
- phase
- pilosity
- plainness
- pretence
- pretending
- pretense
- quality
- reappearance
- representation
- return
- semblance
- shape
- show
- simulation
- sleekness
- stain
- superficies
- three-D
- toothlessness
- ugliness
- unbecomingness
- vanishing point
- view
- visage
- visual aspect
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