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Curved vs Concave - What's the difference?

curved | concave |

As adjectives the difference between curved and concave

is that curved is having a curve or curves while concave is curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.

As verbs the difference between curved and concave

is that curved is (curve) while concave is to render , or increase the degree of concavity.

As a noun concave is

a surface or curve.

curved

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a curve or curves.
  • Antonyms

    * straight

    Synonyms

    * (having a curve) ** (for two-dimensional shapes) bent, hooked ** (for three-dimensional shapes) rounded * (having curves) curvy, sinuous, tortuous, wavy

    Verb

    (head)
  • (curve)
  • concave

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl
  • (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) not convex; having at least one internal angle greater than 180 degrees..
  • (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function.
  • hollow; empty
  • * Shakespeare
  • as concave as a worm-eaten nut

    Antonyms

    * convex

    Derived terms

    * concavely * concaveness * concavity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A surface or curve.
  • The vault of the sky.
  • One of the celestial spheres of the Ptolemaic or geocentric model of the world.
  • Aristotle makes [Fire] to move to the concave of the Moon. - Thomas Salusbury (1661).
  • (industry) An element of a curved grid used to separate desirable material from tailings or chaff in mining and harvesting.
  • (surfing) An indentation running along the base of a surfboard, intended to increase lift.
  • (skateboarding) An indented area on the top of a skateboard, providing a position for foot placement and increasing board strength.
  • Verb

    (concav)
  • To render , or increase the degree of concavity.
  • Derived terms

    * concaver ----