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Ogre vs Ogee - What's the difference?

ogre | ogee |

As nouns the difference between ogre and ogee

is that ogre is a type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh while ogee is a double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.

As a proper noun Ogre

is a town in central Latvia.

ogre

English

(wikipedia ogre)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
  • (figuratively) A brutish man whose behavior resembles that of the mythical ogre.

    • Related terms

    * ogreish, ogrish * ogress * ogry

    Anagrams

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    ogee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia ogee)
  • (architecture) A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape
  • (architecture) A pointed arch made from two ogees
  • (math) An inflection point.
  • (aesthetic facial surgery) The malar or cheekbone prominence transitioning into the mid-cheek hollow.
  • (distillation) The bubble-shaped chamber of a pot still that connects the swan neck to the pot and allows distillate to expand, condense, and fall back into the pot.

    • Derived terms

    * ogee arch * ogee clock * ogee washer