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Circumference vs Bounds - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between circumference and bounds

is that circumference is the line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure while bounds is plural of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between circumference and bounds

is that circumference is to include in a circular space; to bound while bounds is third-person singular of bound.

circumference

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
  • (geometry) The length of such a line
  • (obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object
  • Synonyms

    * (distance measured around any object ): girth * (distance measured around a race track ): lap

    Verb

    (circumferenc)
  • (obsolete) To include in a circular space; to bound.
  • (Sir Thomas Browne)

    bounds

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
  • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds  ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it. […]”}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bound)