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Bounded vs Rounded - What's the difference?

bounded | rounded |

As verbs the difference between bounded and rounded

is that bounded is past tense of bound while rounded is past tense of round.

As adjectives the difference between bounded and rounded

is that bounded is of a set, that it is capable of being included within a ball of finite radius while rounded is made into a circle or sphere.

bounded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bound)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (analysis) Of a set, that it is capable of being included within a ball of finite radius.
    • A compact set must be bounded .

    rounded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (round)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made into a circle or sphere.
  • Complete or balanced.
  • (mathematics) Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value.
  • (botany) Ending in a broad arch.
  • (linguistics, of a vowel) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; see rounded vowel.

    • Derived terms

    * rounded down * rounded up * roundedness

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