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Nonbound vs Nonround - What's the difference?

nonbound | nonround |

As adjectives the difference between nonbound and nonround

is that nonbound is not bound while nonround is (of a shape) not round.

nonbound

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Not bound.

    • nonround

    English

    Alternative forms

    * non-round

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a shape) Not round.
  • (phonetics, of a vowel) Having qualities the opposite of a round vowel.
  • (psychology, of a number) Having a sharp or precise numeric value; having not been rounded.
  • * 2004 , Amos Tversky, Preference, Belief, and Similarity [http://books.google.com/books?id=OCXAgA3sigIC], page 85:
    • a round number (e.g., 100) was paired with a nonround number (e.g., 103).
  • * 2007 September 21, "Random Samples" in Science 317(5845), page 1657 [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/317/5845/1657b]:
    • The researchers hypothesize that everyday experience teaches us that round (imprecise) numbers are usually larger than nonround (sharp) numbers.

    Derived terms

    * nonroundness

    Synonyms

    * unrounded

    Related terms

    * nonhigh * nonback