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Curved vs Wormlike - What's the difference?

curved | wormlike |

As adjectives the difference between curved and wormlike

is that curved is having a curve or curves while wormlike is similar to a worm.

As a verb curved

is (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)

    • wormlike

    English

    Alternative forms

    *worm-like

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Similar to a worm.
    • The plastic fishing lure was remarkably wormlike .
  • Similar to that of a worm
    • The creature has a wormlike body
    He has wormlike view of the universe.
  • (chemistry, of the molecules of a polymer) Having a smoothly curved form when heated.

    • See also

    *helminthic *vermian *vermiform

    Derived terms

    *wormlike chain