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Slant vs Angular - What's the difference?

slant | angular |

As nouns the difference between slant and angular

is that slant is a slope or incline while angular is (anatomy) a bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

As a verb slant

is to lean, tilt or incline.

As an adjective angular is

relating to an angle or angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as in, an angular figure.

slant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A slope or incline.
    • The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.
  • A bias, tendency, or leaning; a perspective or angle.
    • It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant .
  • (pejorative, ethnic slur) A person of East Asian descent, supposed to have slanting eyes.
  • (obsolete) An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lean, tilt or incline.
    • If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.
  • * Dodsley
    • On the side of yonder slanting hill.
  • To bias or skew.
    • The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.

    Derived terms

    * aslant

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs

    angular

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to an angle or angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as in, an angular figure.
  • * '>citation
    • In overall appearance, katakana symbols are more angular in shape and hiragana are more rounded. Here are the first five sounds of each script (a, i, u, e, o). Compare these two sets of symbols and see if you can identify these features:
    Hiragana'' ??????????
    ''Katakana     ??????????
  • Measured by an angle; as in, angular distance.
  • Lean, lank, rawboned.
  • Ungraceful.
  • (figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character
    • ''He's remarkably angular in his habits and appearance.
    ''She is an angular female.

    Synonyms

    * (sharp and stiff in character) rugged, rude

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
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