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Prominent vs Convex - What's the difference?

prominent | convex |

As adjectives the difference between prominent and convex

is that prominent is standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant while convex is curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle.

As a noun convex is

any convex body or surface.

prominent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.
  • Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
  • Eminent; distinguished above others.
  • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * prominently

    See also

    * imminent * eminent

    convex

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle
  • * Whewell
  • Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface.
  • (mathematics, not comparable, of a set) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.
  • (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
  • (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph which is a convex set.
  • Antonyms

    * concave

    Derived terms

    * convex combination * convex set

    Noun

    (es)
  • Any convex body or surface.
  • * Tickell
  • Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.

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