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What is the difference between corner and angle?

corner | angle |

Angle is a synonym of corner.



As nouns the difference between corner and angle

is that corner is the point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal while angle is (geometrical figure) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).

As verbs the difference between corner and angle

is that corner is to drive (someone) into a corner or other confined space while angle is to place (something) at an angle.

corner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
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  • #The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
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  • #*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
  • #The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
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  • #An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
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  • An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
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  • *:Why, that’s the lady: all the world desires her; / From the four corners of the earth they come, / To kiss this shrine, this mortal-breathing saint:
  • A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
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  • A monopoly or controlling interest in a salable commodity, allowing the controlling party to dictate terms of sale.
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  • (lb) Relating to the playing field.
  • #(lb) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
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  • #(lb) First base or third base.
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  • #(lb) A corner kick.
  • Quotations

    * 2006 , Kelly K. Chappell, Effects of Concept-based Instruction on Calculus Students’ Acquisition of Conceptual Understanding and Procedural Skill'', in John Dossey, Solomon Friedberg, Glenda Lappan, W. James Lewis (editorial committee), ''Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education VI , page 41, *: Of the students enrolled in a traditional learning environment, 65% (42 of 65) correctly answered that the function f(x) =, x-3, +4 was not differentiable (or had no derivative) at x=3.Of those, 55% (23 of 42) argued that a function did not have a derivative at a corner .

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To drive (someone) into a corner or other confined space.
  • The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
  • In Juazeiro do Norte, demonstrators cornered the mayor inside a bank for hours and called for his impeachment, while thousands of others protested teachers’ salaries.
  • To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
  • ''The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court.
  • To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it.
  • The buyers attempted to corner the shares of the railroad stock, so as to facilitate their buyout.
    It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.
  • (automotive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
  • As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.
  • (automotive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
  • That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.

    Derived terms

    * catercorner * corner flag * corner kick * corner shop * cornerstone * corner store * corner the market * corner time * corner tooth * cow corner * kitty corner * long corner * short corner * paint oneself into a corner

    See also

    * pick corners

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    angle

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) angle, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
  • (senseid)(geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
  • A corner where two walls intersect.
  • A change in direction.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Fenella Saunders, magazine=(American Scientist)
  • , title= Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture , passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles , increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}
  • (senseid) A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
  • , author=Katie L. Burke, volume=101, issue=1, page=64, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Ecological Dependency , passage=In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature , David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle : the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.”}}
  • * 2005 , Adams Media, Adams Job Interview Almanac (page 299)
  • For example, if I was trying to repitch an idea to a producer who had already turned it down, I would say something like, "I remember you said you didn't like my idea because there was no women's angle . Well, here's a great one that both of us must have missed during our first conversation."
  • (media) The focus of a news story.
  • (slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
  • (slang) A scheme; a means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, possibly illegal.
  • A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
  • * Dryden
  • though but an angle reached him of the stone
  • (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
  • Synonyms
    * (corner) corner * (change in direction) swerve * (vertex) -gon (as per hexagon) * (viewpoint) opinion, perspective, point of view, slant, view, viewpoint
    Derived terms
    * acute angle * acute-angled * angle quote * angle bracket * central angle * complementary angle * dihedral angle * exterior angle * interior angle * oblique angle * obtuse-angled * opposite angle * pentangle * plane angle * play the angles * quadrangle * rectangle * right angle * round angle * solid angle * straight angle * supplementary angle * triangle * vertical angle
    See also
    * arcminute * arcsecond * degree * gradian * radian

    Verb

    (angl)
  • (often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
  • The roof is angled at 15 degrees.
  • (informal) To change direction rapidly.
  • The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.
  • (informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
  • How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?
  • (snooker) To leave the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (angl)
  • To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
  • (informal) (with for ) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
  • He must be angling for a pay rise.
    Derived terms
    * *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Give me mine angle : we'll to the river there.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • A fisher next his trembling angle bears.

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