Puddle vs. Shape — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Puddle and Shape
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Puddle
A puddle is a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface. It can form either by pooling in a depression on the surface, or by surface tension upon a flat surface.
Shape
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.
Puddle
A small pool of water, especially rainwater.
Shape
The characteristic surface configuration of a thing; an outline or contour
A lake in the shape of an hourglass.
Puddle
A small pool of a liquid.
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Shape
Spatial form, contour, or appearance
The sandy coastline is always changing shape.
Puddle
A tempered paste of wet clay and sand that serves as waterproofing when dry.
Shape
The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal
Saw two shapes walking toward her in the night.
Puddle
To make muddy.
Shape
The contour of a person's body; the figure
A swimmer with a slender shape.
Puddle
To work (clay or sand) into a thick watertight paste.
Shape
A definite or distinctive form
Our discussion acquired the shape of an argument.
Puddle
To process (impure metal) by puddling.
Shape
Form, condition, or embodiment
How is your research project taking shape?.
Puddle
To splash or dabble in or as if in a pool of liquid.
Shape
A desirable form
A fabric that holds its shape.
Puddle
A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
Shape
Assumed or false appearance; guise
A god in the shape of a swan.
Puddle
Stagnant or polluted water.
Shape
A ghostly form; a phantom
Shapes appeared in his bedroom at night.
Puddle
A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
Shape
Something, such as a mold or pattern, used to give or determine form.
Puddle
(rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
Shape
The condition of something with regard to effectiveness, use, or appearance
What kind of shape is your car in?.
Puddle
To form a puddle.
Shape
Bodily condition, as in regard to muscle tone or endurance
She's in great shape after working out for six months.
Puddle
To play or splash in a puddle.
Shape
To give a particular form to (a material)
Shape the dough into baguettes.
Puddle
(entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
Shape
To create or configure, as from a material
A sculpture that was shaped out of ice.
Puddle
To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
Shape
To cause to conform to a particular form
A pool that is shaped like an hourglass.
A bone that is shaped to bear weight.
Puddle
To line a canal with puddle (clay).
Shape
To plan or devise
Shape a new educational program.
Puddle
To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
Shape
To embody in a definite form
Shaped a folk tale into an opera.
Puddle
To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
Shape
To influence in a formative way
Experiences that shaped his identity.
Puddle
To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
Shape
To direct the course of
"He shaped history as well as being shaped by it" (Robert J. Samuelson).
Puddle
A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.
Shape
The status or condition of something
The used bookshop wouldn’t offer much due to the poor shape of the book.
Puddle
Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water.
Shape
Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.
We exercise to keep in good physical shape.
Puddle
To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit.
Shape
The appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline; often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure.
He cut a square shape out of the cake.
What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds?
Puddle
To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
Shape
Form; formation.
Puddle
To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron.
Shape
(iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
Puddle
To make a dirty stir.
Shape
(iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
Puddle
A mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
Shape
A mould for making blancmange, jelly, etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.
Puddle
A small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid;
There were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
The body lay in a pool of blood
Shape
(gambling) A loaded die.
Puddle
Something resembling a pool of liquid;
He stood in a pool of light
His chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines
Shape
(programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.
Puddle
Wade or dabble in a puddle;
The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard
Shape
To create or make.
Earth was shapen by God for God's folk.
Puddle
Subject to puddling or form by puddling;
Puddle iron
Shape
(transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
Shape the dough into a pretzel.
For my art project, I plan to shape my clay lump into a bowl.
Puddle
Dip into mud before planting;
Puddle young plants
Shape
To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
Puddle
Work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
Shape
(of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
Puddle
Mess around, as in a liquid or paste;
The children are having fun puddling in paint
Shape
To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
Puddle
Make into a puddle;
Puddled mire
Shape
(obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.
Puddle
Make a puddle by splashing water
Shape
To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.
I was shapen in iniquity.
Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face.
Puddle
Mix up or confuse;
He muddled the issues
Shape
To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.
To the stream, when neither friends, nor force,Nor speed nor art avail, he shapes his course.
Charmed by their eyes, their manners I acquire,And shape my foolishness to their desire.
Puddle
Eliminate urine;
Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
Shape
To imagine; to conceive; to call forth (ideas).
Oft my jealousyShapes faults that are not.
Shape
To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.
When shapen was all this conspiracy,From point to point.
I will early shape me therefor.
Shape
To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
Shape
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.
He beat me grievously, in the shape of a woman.
Shape
That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.
Before the gates three sat,On either side, a formidable shape.
Shape
A model; a pattern; a mold.
Shape
Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.
Shape
Dress for disguise; guise.
Look better on this virgin, and considerThis Persian shape laid by, and she appearingIn a Greekish dress.
Shape
A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
Shape
Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);
He could barely make out their shapes through the smoke
Shape
The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance;
Geometry is the mathematical science of shape
Shape
Alternative names for the body of a human being;
Leonardo studied the human body
He has a strong physique
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
Shape
A concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept;
A circle was the embodiment of his concept of life
Shape
The visual appearance of something or someone;
The delicate cast of his features
Shape
The state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')
Shape
The supremem headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe
Shape
A perceptual structure;
The composition presents problems for students of musical form
A visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them
Shape
Shape or influence; give direction to;
Experience often determines ability
Mold public opinion
Shape
Make something, usually for a specific function;
She molded the riceballs carefully
Form cylinders from the dough
Shape a figure
Work the metal into a sword
Shape
Give a shape or form to;
Shape the dough
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