Curve vs. Corner — What's the Difference?

In mathematics, a curve (also called a curved line in older texts) is an object similar to a line, but that does not have to be straight. Intuitively, a curve may be thought of as the trace left by a moving point.

The position at which two lines, surfaces, or edges meet and form an angle

A line that deviates from straightness in a smooth, continuous fashion.

The area enclosed or bounded by an angle formed in this manner

A surface that deviates from planarity in a smooth, continuous fashion.

The place where two roads or streets join or intersect.

Something characterized by such a line or surface, especially a rounded line or contour of the human body.

(Sports) Any of the four angles of a boxing or wrestling ring where the ropes are joined.

A relatively smooth bend in a road or other course.

(Baseball) Either side of home plate, toward or away from the batter.

A line representing data on a graph.

A corner kick in soccer.

A trend derived from or as if from such a graph

(Football) A cornerback.

A graphic representation showing the relative performance of individuals as measured against each other, used especially as a method of grading students in which the assignment of grades is based on predetermined proportions of students.

A threatening or embarrassing position from which escape is difficult

The graph of a function on a coordinate plane.

A remote, secluded, or secret place

The intersection of two surfaces in three dimensions.

A part or piece made to fit on a corner, as in mounting or for protection.

The graph of the solutions to any equation of two variables.

A speculative monopoly of a stock or commodity created by purchasing all or most of the available supply in order to raise its price.

(Baseball) A curve ball.

Exclusive possession; monopoly

(Slang) Something that is unexpected or designed to trick or deceive.

To place or drive into a corner

To move in or take the shape of a curve

To form a corner in (a stock or commodity)

To cause to curve.

To furnish with corners.

(Baseball) To pitch (a ball) with a curve.

To turn, as at a corner

To grade (students, for example) on a curve.

To come together or be situated on or at a corner.

(obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved. Category:en:Curves

Located at a street corner

A gentle bend, such as in a road.

Designed for use in a corner

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

The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

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.

The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.

(analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.

The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.

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

An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.

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

(attributive) Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.

(topology) A one-dimensional continuum.

An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.

The attractive shape of a woman's body.

A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.

(transitive) To bend; to crook.

An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.

(transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.

A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.

(intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

(heading) Relating to the playing field.

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

(baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.

(transitive) (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.

(baseball) First base or third base.

Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

(football) A corner kick.

A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.

(American football) A cornerback.

A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line.

(boxing) The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.

To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it.

The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.

To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.

A place where people meet for a particular purpose.

The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

(obsolete) A point scored in a rubber at whist.

A line on a graph representing data

(transitive) To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.

A baseball thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approach the batter

(transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.

The property possessed by the curving of a line or surface

(transitive) To put (someone) in an awkward situation.

Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.

Turn sharply; change direction abruptly;

To turn a corner or drive around a curve.

Extend in curves and turns;

To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.

Form an arch or curve;

(transitive) To supply with corners.

Bend or cause to bend;

The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

Form a curl, curve, or kink;

The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.

An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part.

A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.

Direction; quarter.

The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock.

A free kick from close to the nearest corner flag post, allowed to the opposite side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line.

To drive into a corner.

To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.

To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.

A place off to the side of an area;

The point where two lines meet or intersect;

An interior angle formed be two meeting walls;

The intersection of two streets;

The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect;

A small concavity

A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade;

A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;

A projecting part that is corner-shaped;

A remote area;

(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

Gain control over;

Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

Turn a corner;