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Rounded vs Tapered - What's the difference?

rounded | tapered |

As verbs the difference between rounded and tapered

is that rounded is past tense of round while tapered is past tense of taper.

As adjectives the difference between rounded and tapered

is that rounded is made into a circle or sphere while tapered is narrowing gradually towards a point.

rounded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (round)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made into a circle or sphere.
  • Complete or balanced.
  • (mathematics) Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value.
  • (botany) Ending in a broad arch.
  • (linguistics, of a vowel) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; see rounded vowel.

    • Derived terms

    * rounded down * rounded up * roundedness

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    tapered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (taper)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • narrowing gradually towards a point
  • (obsolete) lit with a taper

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