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Jagged vs Uneven - What's the difference?

jagged | uneven |

As adjectives the difference between jagged and uneven

is that jagged is unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut while uneven is not even.

As a verb jagged

is (jag).

jagged

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
  • Having a rough quality.
  • (computing) Of an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (jag)
    • English heteronyms

    uneven

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not even
  • Not level or smooth
  • Not uniform
  • Varying in quality

    • Synonyms

    * rough

    Derived terms

    * unevenly * unevenness

    See also

    * irregular * unequal English adjectives ending in -en