Shape vs Attitude - What's the difference?
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The status or condition of something
Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
The appearance of something, especially its outline.
A figure with unspecified appearance; especially a geometric figure.
Form; formation.
* 2006 , Berdj Kenadjian, Martin Zakarian, From Darkness to Light :
(iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
(iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.
*1918 , (Rebecca West), The Return of the Soldier , Virago 2014, p. 74:
*:‘And if I'm late for supper there's a dish of macaroni cheese you must put in the oven and a tin of tomatoes to eat with it. And there's a little rhubarb and shape .’
To give something a shape and definition.
* 1932 , The American Scholar , page 227, United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa
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, title= To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
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, title= (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
(obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.
* Shakespeare
The position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture.
Disposition or state of mind.
(uncountable, countable) A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude; posturing.
(aeronautics, nautical, engineering) The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.
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(ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
* 2007 , Gayle Kassing, History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach ,
To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
* 1823 , Felix M'Donogh, The Hermit Abroad , Volume 1,
* 1837 , William E. Burton, The Gentleman's Magazine , Volume 1,
* 1971 , , Advances in Astronautical Sciences , Volume 29, Part 2,
To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
* 2002 , Wayne Normis, The Last Street Fighter ,
* 2008 , Yvonne Müller, "The Absentee": an Interpretation - an Analysis of Maria Edgeworth's Novel ,
* 2010 , R. Scott, Nine Months and a Year Later ,
Shape is a related term of attitude.
As nouns the difference between shape and attitude
is that shape is the status or condition of something while attitude is .As a verb shape
is to give something a shape and definition.shape
English
Noun
(en noun)- The used bookshop wouldn't offer much due to the poor shape of the book.
- The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.
- We exercise to keep in good physical shape .
- He cut a square shape out of the cake.
- What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds?
- What if God's plans and actions do mold the shape of human events?
Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* contest shape * * in no shape to * * in shape * out of shape * shapeless * shapely * shapesmith * shape-shifter * shape-shifting * shipshape * take shape * the shape of things to come * whip into shapeSee also
*Verb
- The professor never pretended to the academic prerogative of forcing his students into his own channels of reasoning; he entered into and helped shape the discussion but above all he made his men learn to think for themselves and rely upon their own intellectual judgments.
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- Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face.
Wigan 2-2 Arsenal, passage=Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner. }}
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- Oft my jealousy / Shapes faults that are not.
Synonyms
* (give shape) form, moldDerived terms
* beshape * foreshape * forshape * misshape * overshape * shape upAnagrams
* * * 1000 English basic wordsattitude
English
Noun
- The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude
- ... but had a lazy attitude to work.
- Don't give me your attitude .
- You've got some attitude , girl !
- The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.
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- Blasis was a man of many accomplishments. He invented the ballet position of attitude and codified the ballet technique of that time, distinguishing three types of dancers: the serious, the demi-caractère , and the comic dancer.
Synonyms
* stance * (position of vehicle etc) trim, orientationDerived terms
() * attitude-y * attitudinal * dickitude * tudeVerb
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- Attituded like an inspired curling-tongs, leaning back heavily on his right leg, and throwing forward his left, his arm elevated to a level with his shoulder, the clenched fist grasping a brush that might have been available in
page 395,
- The attituded control gyro package, electronics, APS gas supply, and the preentry electronics are mounted internally, and are distributed circumferentially at the major ring.
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- He attituded his way over to me, got up close, and just stood there looking at me, trying to appear threatening.
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- The typical characteristic attituded toward the English is coldness.
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- I was really tripping, 'cause this nigga had the nerve to be attituded up when he was the one always doing something he had no business doing.