different between jagged vs uneven

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?'g?d, IPA^(key): /?d?æ??d/

Adjective

jagged (comparative jaggeder, superlative jaggedest)

1. Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.

   Synonyms: serrated; see also Thesaurus:notched

2. Having a rough quality.

   Synonyms: scraggy; see also Thesaurus:rough

3. (computing) Of an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.

Translations

Pronunciation

• AHD: j?gd, IPA^(key): /d?æ?d/

Verb

jagged

1. simple past tense and past participle of jag

English

Etymology

From Middle English uneven, from Old English unefen (“unequal, unlike, dissimilar, diverse, irregular”), equivalent to un- +? even. Cognate with Dutch oneven (“unequal, uneven, odd”), German uneben (“uneven, rough, irregular, bumpy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?iv?n/
• Rhymes: -i?v?n

Adjective

uneven (comparative more uneven, superlative most uneven)

1. Not even
2. Not level or smooth
3. Not uniform
4. Varying in quality
5. (mathematics, rare) Odd

   Antonym: even

Synonyms

• rough

Derived terms

• unevenly
• unevenness

Translations

See also

• irregular
• unequal

Verb

uneven (third-person singular simple present unevens, present participle unevening, simple past and past participle unevened)

1. (transitive) To make uneven.
   • 1993, Travel Holiday (volume 176, page 56)

     Initially it nestled among the dozens of Indian mounds that unevened the earth near the river until they were leveled to accommodate commerce.

   • 2006, Jack Temple Kirby, Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South (page 128)

     First, of course, the war reduced the white male, mostly young adult, population by more than a quarter-million, unevening the sex ratio and connubial and other opportunities for women for perhaps a generation.