Angle vs. Bearing — What's the Difference?

In Euclidean geometry, an angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the sides of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle. Angles formed by two rays lie in the plane that contains the rays.

The manner in which one carries or conducts oneself

To fish with a hook and line.

A machine or structural part that supports another part.

To try to get something by indirect or artful means

A device that supports, guides, and reduces the friction of motion between fixed and moving machine parts.

To move or turn (something) at an angle

Something that supports weight.

(Sports)To hit (a ball or puck, for example) at an angle.

The part of an arch or beam that rests on a support.

(Informal)To impart a biased aspect or point of view to

The act, power, or period of producing fruit or offspring.

To continue along or turn at an angle or by angles

The quantity produced; yield.

A fishhook or fishing tackle.

Direction, especially angular direction measured from one position to another using geographical or celestial reference lines.

The figure formed by two lines diverging from a common point.

Often bearings Awareness of one's position or situation relative to one's surroundings

The figure formed by two planes diverging from a common line.

Relevant relationship or interconnection

The rotation required to superimpose either of two such lines or planes on the other.

(Heraldry) A charge or device on a field.

The space between such lines or surfaces.

(Architecture) Designed to support structural weight

A solid angle.

Present participle of bear

A sharp or projecting corner, as of a building.

(in combination) That bears (some specified thing).

The place, position, or direction from which an object is presented to view

Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.

An aspect, as of a problem, seen from a specific point of view.

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.

(Slang)A devious method; a scheme.

The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.

A member of a Germanic people that migrated to England from southern Jutland in the 5th century AD, founded the kingdoms of Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia, and together with the Jutes and Saxons formed the Anglo-Saxon peoples.

One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.

(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). Category:en:Shapes

Relevance; a relationship or connection.

(geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.

One's posture, demeanor, or manner.

A corner where two walls intersect.

(architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.

A change in direction.

(architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.

A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.

The unsupported span.

(media) The focus of a news story.

(heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.

Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.

A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.

Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.

(slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral

The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection.

A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.

(astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.

The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.

A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.

To place (something) at an angle.

The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.

To change direction rapidly.

Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms - commonly in the pl.

To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.

The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W.

To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.

Relevant relation or interconnection;

To try to catch fish with a hook and line.

The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.

Dignified manner or conduct

The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

Characteristic way of bearing one's body;

The figure made by. two lines which meet.

Heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

A rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily

A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses."

(of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain

A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

Producing or yielding;

To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.

To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise.

To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure.

The space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

A biased way of looking at or presenting something

A member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons

Move or proceed at an angle;

To incline or bend from a vertical position;

Seek indirectly;

Fish with a hook

Present with a bias;