Shaping vs. Mold — What's the Difference?

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

A mold (US) or mould (UK, NZ, AU, ZA, IN, CA, IE) is a fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae. In contrast, fungi that can adopt a single-celled growth habit are called yeasts.

Spatial form, contour, or appearance

A town in north-eastern Wales, administrative centre of Flintshire; population 10,500 (est. 2009).

The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal

A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.

The contour of a person's body; the figure

A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.

A definite or distinctive form

Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.

Form, condition, or embodiment

The shape or pattern of a mold.

A desirable form

General shape or form

Assumed or false appearance; guise

Distinctive character or type

A ghostly form; a phantom

A fixed or restrictive pattern or form

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

(Architecture) See molding.

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

Any of various filamentous fungi that grow on and contribute to the decay of organic matter.

Bodily condition, as in regard to muscle tone or endurance

A growth of such fungi.

To give a particular form to (a material)

Any of various other saprophytic or parasitic organisms that resemble fungi, such as slime molds or water molds.

To create or configure, as from a material

Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.

To cause to conform to a particular form

The earth; the ground.

To plan or devise

The earth of the grave.

To embody in a definite form

(Archaic) Earth as the substance of the human body.

To influence in a formative way

To form (something) out of a fluid or plastic material

To direct the course of

To form into a particular shape; give shape to

The action of the verb to shape.

To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence

(psychology) A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in a series of steps in operant conditioning.

To fit closely by following the contours of (the body). Used of clothing.

Present participle of shape

To assume a certain shape

Any process serving to define the shape of something

To become moldy.

The fabrication of something in a particular shape

A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.

Forming or capable of forming or molding;

A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.

Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.

The shape or pattern of a mold.

General shape or form.

Distinctive character or type.

A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.

(architecture) A group of moldings.

(anatomy) A fontanelle.

A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.

A fungus that creates such colored, furry growths.

Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.

Earth, ground.

The top or crown of the head.

(transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.

(transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence

(transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.

(transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.

(transitive) To ornament with moldings.

(intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.

(transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

(intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

To cover with mold or soil.

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.

A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.

The matrix, or cavity, in which anything is shaped, and from which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold.

That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason.

Cast; form; shape; character.

A group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts.

A fontanel.

A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.

To cover with mold or soil.

To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.

To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.

To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.

To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.

The distinctive form in which a thing is made;

Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

Loose soil rich in organic matter

The process of becoming mildewed

A fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter

Sculpture produced by molding

Form in clay, wax, etc;

Become moldy; spoil due to humidity;

Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold;

Make something, usually for a specific function;

Fit tightly, follow the contours of;

Shape or influence; give direction to;