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Silhouette vs Configuration - What's the difference?

silhouette | configuration | Related terms |

Silhouette is a related term of configuration.


As a verb silhouette

is .

As a noun configuration is

form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.

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.
  • English eponyms ----

    configuration

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.
  • Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
  • The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.
  • (physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
  • A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point.