The difference between Arc and Curve

When used as nouns, arc means that part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon, whereas curve means a gentle bend, such as in a road.

When used as verbs, arc means to move following a curved path, whereas curve means to bend.


Curve is also adjective with the meaning: bent without angles.

check bellow for the other definitions of Arc and Curve

  1. Arc as a noun (astronomy):

    That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.

  2. Arc as a noun (geometry):

    A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.

  3. Arc as a noun:

    A curve, in general.

  4. Arc as a noun:

    A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.

  5. Arc as a noun (electrics):

    A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge between either two electrodes or as lightning.

  6. Arc as a noun:

    A story arc.

  7. Arc as a noun (mathematics):

    A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.

  8. Arc as a noun (graph theory):

    A directed edge.

  9. Arc as a noun (basketball, slang):

    The three-point line.

  1. Arc as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To move following a curved path.

  2. Arc as a verb (transitive):

    To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.

  3. Arc as a verb (intransitive):

    To form an electrical arc.

  1. Curve as an adjective (obsolete):

    Bent without angles; crooked; curved.

    Examples:

    "a curve [[line]]"

    "a curve [[surface]]"

  1. Curve as a noun:

    A gentle bend, such as in a road.

    Examples:

    "You should slow down when approaching a curve."

  2. Curve as a noun:

    A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.

    Examples:

    "She scribbled a curve on the paper."

  3. Curve as a noun:

    A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.

    Examples:

    "The teacher was nice and graded the test on a curve."

  4. Curve as a noun (analytic geometry):

    A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.

  5. Curve as a noun (geometry):

    A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.

  6. Curve as a noun (algebraic geometry):

    An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.

  7. Curve as a noun (topology):

    A one-dimensional continuum.

  8. Curve as a noun (informal, usually, in the plural):

    The attractive shape of a woman's body.

  1. Curve as a verb (transitive):

    To bend; to crook.

    Examples:

    "to curve a line"

    "to curve a pipe"

  2. Curve as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to swerve from a straight course.

    Examples:

    "to curve a ball in pitching it"

  3. Curve as a verb (intransitive):

    To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

    Examples:

    "the road curves to the right"

  4. Curve as a verb:

    To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).

    Examples:

    "The teacher will curve the test."

  5. Curve as a verb (slang):

    To reject, to turn down romantic advances

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