Outline vs. Diagram — What's the Difference?

A line indicating the outer contours or boundaries of an object or figure

A diagram is a symbolic representation of information using visualization techniques. Diagrams have been used since ancient times on walls of caves, but became more prevalent during the Enlightenment.

A style of drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.

A simplified drawing showing the appearance, structure, or workings of something; a schematic representation

A sketch done in this style.

Represent (something) in graphic form

A summary of a text or subject, usually presented in headings and subheadings.

A plan, sketch, drawing, or outline designed to demonstrate or explain how something works or to clarify the relationship between the parts of a whole.

A preliminary draft or plan, as of a project or proposal.

(Mathematics) A graphic representation of an algebraic or geometric relationship.

To draw or trace an outline of.

A chart or graph.

To display or accentuate the outline of

To indicate or represent by or as if by a diagram.

To give the main features or various aspects of; summarize

A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.

A line marking the boundary of an object figure.

A graph or chart.

The outer shape of an object or figure.

(category theory) A functor from an index category to another category. The objects and morphisms of the index category need not have any internal substance, but rather merely outline the connective structure of at least some part of the diagram's codomain. If the index category is J and the codomain is C, then the diagram is said to be "of type J in C".

A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.

(transitive) To represent or indicate something using a diagram.

A general description of some subject.

(UK) To schedule the operations of a locomotive or train according to a diagram.

A statement summarizing the important points of a text.

A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.

A preliminary plan for a project.

Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an artistical one.

(film) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.

To put into the form of a diagram.

(fishing) A setline or trotline.

A drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts

(transitive) To draw an outline of.

Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed

(transitive) To summarize.

To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.

The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.

Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, discourse, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech.

To draw the outline of.

Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; to create a general framework of (a plan, system, discourse, course of thought), for which the details need to be added; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.

The line that appears to bound an object

A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

A schematic or preliminary plan

Describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of;

Draw up an outline or sketch for something;

Trace the shape of