Outline vs. Shape — What's the Difference?

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

A shape or figure is the form of an object or its external boundary, outline, or external surface, as opposed to other properties such as color, texture, or material type. A plane shape, two-dimensional shape, or 2D shape (plane figure, two-dimensional figure, or 2D figure) is constrained to lie on a plane, in contrast to solid figures.

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

The characteristic surface configuration of a thing; an outline or contour

A sketch done in this style.

Spatial form, contour, or appearance

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

The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal

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

The contour of a person's body; the figure

To draw or trace an outline of.

A definite or distinctive form

To display or accentuate the outline of

Form, condition, or embodiment

To give the main features or various aspects of; summarize

A desirable form

A line marking the boundary of an object figure.

Assumed or false appearance; guise

The outer shape of an object or figure.

A ghostly form; a phantom

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

Something, such as a mold or pattern, used to give or determine form.

A general description of some subject.

The condition of something with regard to effectiveness, use, or appearance

A statement summarizing the important points of a text.

Bodily condition, as in regard to muscle tone or endurance

A preliminary plan for a project.

To give a particular form to (a material)

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

To create or configure, as from a material

(fishing) A setline or trotline.

To cause to conform to a particular form

(transitive) To draw an outline of.

To plan or devise

(transitive) To summarize.

To embody in a definite form

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

To influence in a formative way

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

To direct the course of

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.

The status or condition of something

To draw the outline of.

Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.

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 appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline; often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure.

The line that appears to bound an object

Form; formation.

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

(iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

A schematic or preliminary plan

(iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.

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

A mould for making blancmange, jelly, etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.

Draw up an outline or sketch for something;

(gambling) A loaded die.

Trace the shape of

(programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.

To create or make.

(transitive) To give something a shape and definition.

To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.

(of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

(obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.

To imagine; to conceive; to call forth (ideas).

To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape.

That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.

A model; a pattern; a mold.

Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.

Dress for disguise; guise.

A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);

The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance;

Alternative names for the body of a human being;

A concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept;

The visual appearance of something or someone;

The state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

The supremem headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe

A perceptual structure;

Shape or influence; give direction to;

Make something, usually for a specific function;

Give a shape or form to;