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Groove vs Concave - What's the difference?

groove | concave |

As nouns the difference between groove and concave

is that groove is a long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression while concave is a concave surface or curve.

As verbs the difference between groove and concave

is that groove is to cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow while concave is to render concave, or increase the degree of concavity.

As an adjective concave is

curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.

groove

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression.
  • A fixed routine
  • * (rfdate) J. Morley
    • The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove .
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  • The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
  • A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
  • (mining) A shaft or excavation.

    • Derived terms

    * groovy * tongue and groove

    Verb

    (groov)
  • To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
  • To create, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
    • I was just starting to groove to the band, when we had to leave.

    Anagrams

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    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 ----