Corner vs Bend - What's the difference?
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The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
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#The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
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#The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
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#An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
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An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
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A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
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A monopoly or controlling interest in a salable commodity, allowing the controlling party to dictate terms of sale.
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(lb) Relating to the playing field.
#(lb) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
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#(lb) First base or third base.
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#(lb) A corner kick.
To drive (someone) into a corner or other confined space.
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To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it.
(automotive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
(automotive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
To become curved.
To cause to change direction.
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To change direction.
To be inclined; to direct itself.
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To stoop.
To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
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To force to submit.
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To submit.
To apply to a task or purpose.
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To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
(nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
(music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
(nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
A curve.
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A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
(heraldiccharge) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
(obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
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In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt.
(mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
(nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
(nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
Bend is a synonym of corner.
In transitive terms the difference between corner and bend
is that corner is to get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it while bend is to adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.corner
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(en noun)Quotations
* 2006 , Kelly K. Chappell, Effects of Concept-based Instruction on Calculus Students’ Acquisition of Conceptual Understanding and Procedural Skill'', in John Dossey, Solomon Friedberg, Glenda Lappan, W. James Lewis (editorial committee), ''Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education VI ,page 41, *: Of the students enrolled in a traditional learning environment, 65% (42 of 65) correctly answered that the function was not differentiable (or had no derivative) at .Of those, 55% (23 of 42) argued that a function did not have a derivative at a corner .
Synonyms
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(en verb)- The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- In Juazeiro do Norte, demonstrators cornered the mayor inside a bank for hours and called for his impeachment, while thousands of others protested teachers’ salaries.
- ''The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court.
- The buyers attempted to corner the shares of the railroad stock, so as to facilitate their buyout.
- It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.
- As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.
- That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.
Derived terms
* catercorner * corner flag * corner kick * corner shop * cornerstone * corner store * corner the market * corner time * corner tooth * cow corner * kitty corner * long corner * short corner * paint oneself into a cornerSee also
* pick cornersStatistics
* 1000 English basic words ----bend
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Verb
- If you bend the pipe too far, it will break.
- Don’t bend your knees.
- Look at the trees bending in the wind.
- Bend thine ear to supplication.
- Towards Coventry bend we our course.
- bending her eyes upon her parent
- The road bends to the right
- to whom our vows and wishes bend
- He bent down to pick up the pieces.
- Each to his great Father bends .
- They bent me to their will.
- except she bend her humour
- I am bending to my desire to eat junk food.
- He bent the company's resources to gaining market share.
- to bend his mind to any public business
- when to mischief mortals bend their will
- He bent to the goal of gaining market share.
- Bend the sail to the yard.
- You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure.
Derived terms
* bend down * bend over * bend over backwards * bend somebody's ear * on bended knee * bend one's elbow * bend out of shape * bend the truthNoun
(en noun)- I hear the train a comin'/It's rolling round the bend
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- Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend .
- the midship bends