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Complexion vs Configuration - What's the difference?

complexion | configuration |

As nouns the difference between complexion and configuration

is that complexion is physical constitution while configuration is form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.

complexion

English

Alternative forms

* complection (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The combination of humours making up one's physiological "temperament", being either hot or cold, and moist or dry.
  • *, III.10:
  • *:Ne ever is he wont on ought to feed / But todes and frogs, his pasture poysonous, / Which in his cold complexion doe breed / A filthy blood.
  • The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
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  • *
  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
  • (lb) The outward appearance of something.
  • Outlook, attitude, or point of view.
  • *1844 ,
  • *:But the purely marginal jottings, done with no eye to the Memorandum Book, have a distinct complexion , and not only a distinct purpose, but none at all; this it is which imparts to them a value.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    configuration

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.
  • Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
  • The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.
  • (physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
  • A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point.