Curved vs. Crooked — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Curved and Crooked
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Curved
A line that deviates from straightness in a smooth, continuous fashion.
Crooked
Having or marked by bends, curves, or angles.
Curved
A surface that deviates from planarity in a smooth, continuous fashion.
Crooked
At an irregular or improper angle; askew
Your necktie is crooked.
Curved
Something characterized by such a line or surface, especially a rounded line or contour of the human body.
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Crooked
(Informal) Dishonest or unscrupulous; fraudulent.
Curved
A relatively smooth bend in a road or other course.
Crooked
Simple past tense and past participle of crook
Curved
A line representing data on a graph.
Crooked
Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.
Curved
A trend derived from or as if from such a graph
"Once again, the politicians are behind the curve" (Ted Kennedy).
Crooked
Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?
Curved
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.
Crooked
(figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.
Curved
The graph of a function on a coordinate plane.
Crooked
Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.
He is deformed, crooked, old, and sere.
Curved
The intersection of two surfaces in three dimensions.
Crooked
Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
They are a perverse and crooked generation.
Curved
The graph of the solutions to any equation of two variables.
Crooked
False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.
Curved
(Baseball) A curve ball.
Crooked
Having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned;
Crooked country roads
Crooked teeth
Curved
(Slang) Something that is unexpected or designed to trick or deceive.
Crooked
Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
Curved
To move in or take the shape of a curve
The path curves around the lake.
Crooked
Irregular in shape or outline;
Asymmetrical features
A dress with an crooked hemline
Curved
To cause to curve.
Crooked
Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect;
A little oldish misshapen stooping woman
Curved
(Baseball) To pitch (a ball) with a curve.
Curved
To grade (students, for example) on a curve.
Curved
Having a curve or curves.
Curved
Simple past tense and past participle of curve
Curved
Not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of straight.
Curved
Curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk; - of a plant ovule. Opposite of orthotropous.
Curved
Not straight; having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend;
The curved tusks of a walrus
His curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard
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