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Diagonal vs Vertical - What's the difference?

diagonal | vertical |

As adjectives the difference between diagonal and vertical

is that diagonal is (geometry) joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron) while vertical is along the direction of a plumbline or along a straight line that includes the center of the earth.

As nouns the difference between diagonal and vertical

is that diagonal is something arranged diagonally or obliquely while vertical is a vertex or zenith.

diagonal

English

(wikipedia diagonal)

Adjective

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  • (geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
  • Having a slanted or oblique direction, lines or markings.
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  • Pertaining to the front left and back right (or the front right and back left) legs of a quadruped.

    • Synonyms

    * (having a slanted or oblique direction) aslant, aslope, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping

    Derived terms

    * diagonally * diagonalization

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • something arranged diagonally or obliquely
  • a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
  • a punctuation mark used to separate related items of information
  • (geometry) a diagonal line or plane
  • (geometry) a line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.

    • Synonyms

    * (punctuation mark) , forward slash, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule * (line or cut across a fabric) bias

    Antonyms

    * (punctuation mark) backslash

    vertical

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vertex or zenith.
  • A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
  • An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
  • A vertical component of a structure.
  • (marketing) A vertical market.
    • We offer specialised accounting software targeting various verticals .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Along the direction of a plumbline or along a straight line that includes the center of the Earth.
  • In a two dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis.
  • (marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.

    • Antonyms

    * horizontal

    Derived terms

    * vertical lips * vertically * vertical smile

    Related terms

    * postvertical * vortal