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Circumference vs Confines - What's the difference?

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Circumference is a related term of confines.


As verbs the difference between circumference and confines

is that circumference is (obsolete|transitive) to include in a circular space; to bound while confines is .

As a noun circumference

is (geometry) the line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.

circumference

English

(wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * diameter * radius * perimeter

    Verb

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

    confines

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • The borders or limits of an area.
  • Elements that restrain someone.
  • The scope or range of a subject.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (confine)
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