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Curved vs Spiral - What's the difference?

curved | spiral |

As an adjective curved

is having a curve or curves.

As a verb curved

is (curve).

As a noun spiral is

spiral.

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)

    • spiral

    English

    (wikipedia spiral)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
  • (informal) A helix.
  • A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.

    • Derived terms

    * death spiral * downward spiral * graveyard spiral * spiral staircase * upward spiral

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Helical, like a spiral

    • Verb

  • To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
    • The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
  • (figuratively) To increase continually.
    • Her debts were spiralling out of control.

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