Waist vs Circumference - What's the difference?
waist | circumference |
The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
(nautical) That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
* 1851 ,
(geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
(geometry) The length of such a line
(obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object
(obsolete) To include in a circular space; to bound.
As nouns the difference between waist and circumference
is that waist is the part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach while circumference is the line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.As a verb circumference is
to include in a circular space; to bound.waist
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Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist .
Derived terms
(terms derived from waist) * pantywaist * waistband * waistcoat * waistless * waistlineAnagrams
* *External links
* * ----circumference
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(wikipedia circumference)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (distance measured around any object ): girth * (distance measured around a race track ): lapVerb
(circumferenc)- (Sir Thomas Browne)