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Contour vs Periphery - What's the difference?

contour | periphery |

As nouns the difference between contour and periphery

is that contour is an outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape while periphery is the outside boundary, parts or surface of something.

contour

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
    • The low drag contour of a modern automobile.
  • A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth.
  • (linguistics) a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.

    • Hyponyms

    * (speech sound) diphthong, contour tone, affricate

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    periphery

    English

    (wikipedia periphery)

    Noun

    (peripheries)
  • The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
    • ''The suburbs are a city's periphery
  • A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided in provinces.

    • Antonyms

    * center

    Related terms

    * peripherad * peripheral

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