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Outlines vs Silhouette - What's the difference?

outlines | silhouette |

As verbs the difference between outlines and silhouette

is that outlines is (outline) while silhouette is .

As a noun outlines

is .

outlines

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (outline)
  • Anagrams

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    silhouette

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
  • I could see a silhouette of a figure looking out from the window, but I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman.

    Verb

    (silhouett)
  • To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
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