Difference between Arch and Arc

What is the difference between Arch and Arc?

Arch as a verb is to form into an arch shape while Arc as a verb is to move following a curved path.

Arch

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To form into an arch shape

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: knowing, clever

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An inverted U shape. An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward. An architectural element having the shape of an arch

Part of speech: prefix

Definition: Highly placed in a hierarchy, particularly used of church officials Primary among many

Arc

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To move following a curved path.To form an electrical arc.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A curve.A circular arc.A continuous section of any curve.A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.A directed edge.(electrical) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge between either two electrodes or as lightninga story arc.

Example sentence: The Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower. They're monumental. They're straight out of Page 52 in your school history book.

We hope you now know whether to use Arch or Arc in your sentence.

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