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Mould vs Contour - What's the difference?

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Mould is a related term of contour.


As nouns the difference between mould and contour

is that mould is (british|canadian|australian) while contour is an outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.

As a verb mould

is (british|canadian|australian).

mould

English

Etymology

Via (etyl) and (etyl), from (etyl) modulus

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British, Canadian, Australian)
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (British, Canadian, Australian)
  • contour

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
  • The low drag contour of a modern automobile.
  • A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth.
  • (linguistics) a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.
  • Hyponyms

    * (speech sound) diphthong, contour tone, affricate

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