different between stance vs contour

English

Etymology

From Middle English staunce (“place to stand; battle station; position; standing in society; circumstance, situation; stanchion”), from Old French estance (“predicament; situation; sojourn, stay”) (compare modern French stance (“stanza; position one stands in when golfing”)), from Italian stanza (“room, standing place; stanza”), from Latin st?ns (“standing; remaining, staying”), from Latin st? (“to stand; to remain, stay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand (up)”). The word is cognate with Spanish estante (“shelf”).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /st??ns/, /stæns/
• Rhymes: -??ns
• (General American) IPA^(key): /stæns/
• Rhymes: -æns

Noun

stance (plural stances)

1. The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
2. One's opinion or point of view.

   Synonyms: position, posture, stand
3. A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
   1. (specifically, climbing) A foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay.
4. (Scotland) A place for buses or taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.

   Synonym: stand
5. (Scotland) A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.

   Synonym: stand
6. (obsolete, rare) A stanza.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

stance (third-person singular simple present stances, present participle stancing, simple past and past participle stanced)

1. (transitive, Scotland) To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.

References

Further reading

• stance (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• stance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• stance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• ascent, casten, enacts, scante, secant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French contour, from contourner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?nt??(?)/, /-t??(?)/
• Homophone: kontor

Noun

contour (plural contours)

1. An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.

2. A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth.

   Synonym: contour line

3. (linguistics) a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.

   Hyponyms: diphthong, contour tone, affricate

Translations

Verb

contour (third-person singular simple present contours, present participle contouring, simple past and past participle contoured)

1. (transitive) To form a more or less curved boundary or border upon.
2. (transitive) To mark with contour lines.
3. (intransitive) To practise the makeup technique of contouring.

Anagrams

• cornuto, countor, crouton, croûton

French

Etymology

Deverbal of contourner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.tu?/

Noun

contour m (plural contours)

1. contour

Spanish

Noun

contour m (plural contours)

1. contour