Arch vs. Ogive — What's the Difference?

An arch is a vertical curved structure that spans an elevated space and may or may not support the weight above it, or in case of a horizontal arch like an arch dam, the hydrostatic pressure against it. Arches may be synonymous with vaults, but a vault may be distinguished as a continuous arch forming a roof.

An ogive ( OH-jive) is the roundly tapered end of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object. Ogive curves and surfaces are used in engineering, architecture and woodworking.

A usually curved structure forming the upper edge of an open space and supporting the weight above it, as in a bridge or doorway.

A distribution curve in which the frequencies are cumulative.

A structure, such as a freestanding monument, shaped like an inverted U.

A frequency distribution.

A curve with the ends down and the middle up:the arch of a raised eyebrow.

A diagonal rib of a Gothic vault.

(Anatomy)An organ or structure having a curved or bowlike appearance, especially either of two arched sections of the bony structure of the foot.

A pointed arch.

To provide with an arch:arch a passageway.

(statistics) The curve of a cumulative distribution function. Category:en:Curves

To cause to form an arch or similar curve.

(architecture) A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault.

To bend backward:The dancers alternately arched and hunched their backs.

The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket.

To span:"the rude bridge that arched the flood"(Ralph Waldo Emerson).

(geology) A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change.

To form an arch or archlike curve:The high fly ball arched toward the stands.

The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.

Chief; principal

Front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere

Mischievous; roguish

Teasing, ironic, or sardonic

An inverted U shape.

An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.

(architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch

Any place covered by an arch; an archway.

An arc; a part of a curve.

A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.

(anatomy) Curved part of the bottom of a foot.

(obsolete) chief

To form into an arch shape.

To cover with an arch or arches.

Knowing, clever, mischievous

Principal; primary

Any part of a curved line.

Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.

Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.

Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.

A chief.

To cover with an arch or arches.

To form or bend into the shape of an arch.

To form into an arch; to curve.

Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.

Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.

A curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening

A curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially arches of the feet)

A passageway under an arch

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

Form an arch or curve;

(of persons) highest in rank or authority or office;

(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

Expert in skulduggery;