shape vs curvature
curvature vs shapeshape and curvature both are nouns.
shape is a verb but curvature is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| shape | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| curvature | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
curvature is a hyponym of
shape; that is, curvature is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
shape:
- shape: any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- curvature: the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
Other hyponyms of shape include
keenness, sharpness, bluntness, dullness, topography, lobularity, concaveness, concavity, convexity, convexness, angularity, narrowing, curve, roundness, straightness, crookedness, stratification, rectilinearity.
| shape (noun) | curvature (noun) |
|---|---|
| the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance | the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve |
| any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface |
| the visual appearance of something or someone | (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal |
| alternative names for the body of a human being | |
| a perceptual structure | |
| a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept | |
| the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') |
| shape (verb) | curvature (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
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