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Contour vs Taylor - What's the difference?

contour | taylor |

As a noun contour

is an outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.

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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    Anagrams

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    taylor

    English

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • , transferred from the surname.
  • popular in the 1990s and 2000s.
  • * 2001 , Paul Theroux, Hotel Honolulu , page 206:
  • "I wanted to call her Taylor , but my husband said no," Sweetie was telling one of the Christmas party guests.
    "Taylor means a tailor," I said. "It seems inauspicious. Like calling her Cobbler."
    "That's a kind of drink," said Nani.

    Derived terms

    * Taylorism