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Ogive vs Flex - What's the difference?

ogive | flex |

As nouns the difference between ogive and flex

is that ogive is ogive while flex is (uncountable) flexibility, pliancy.

As a verb flex is

to bend something.

ogive

English

(wikipedia ogive)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (statistics) The curve of a cumulative distribution function.
  • (architecture) A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault.
  • (ballistics) The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket.
  • (geology) A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change.
  • flex

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
  • (countable) The act of flexing.
  • (uncountable, chiefly, British) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
  • (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
  • Verb

    (es)
  • To bend something.
  • To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
  • To move part of the body using one's muscles.
  • (bodybuilding) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
  • * 1994 , Elise Title, Body Heat? , page 189
  • He rubbed his hands together. "Believe it or not, there was a time when I considered giving acting a go. What do you think, Miss Fox?" He flexed impressive biceps. "Would I have had a chance against the Schwarzeneggers and the Chuck Norris types?"