Difference between Square and Angular

What is the difference between Square and Angular?

Square as a noun is a polygon with four sides of equal length and four angles of 90 degrees; a regular quadrilateral whose angles are all 90 degrees. while Angular as a noun is a bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

Square

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A polygon with four sides of equal length and four angles of 90 degrees; a regular quadrilateral whose angles are all 90 degrees. An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles. An open space in a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye. Anything, such as tiles or cut pieces of material, primarily defined by being square in shape. The second power of a number, value, term or expression. A socially conventional person; typically associated with the 1950s The symbol # on a telephone; hash. The central area of a cricket field, containing several pitches laid out next to one another - only one being used at a time. A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, ie. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia. A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert. A mortarboard A square meal. A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else. To resolve. Of a value, term or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power. To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same [[area] as.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Shaped like a square (the polygon). At right angles to. Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself. Honest; straightforward. Fair. Socially conventional; boring. in line with the batsman's popping crease. Correctly aligned with respect to something else

Example sentence: We have many opportunities in mining: we have more than 6% of world reserves of uranium. We have many unutilised assets. We have four million square metres in Mecca alone of unutilised state-owned lands.

Angular

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.(Figurative) Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.

Example sentence: I have a very angular face, so my makeup routine is focused around softening my features, and I've finally learned how to contour to my advantage.

We hope you now know whether to use Square or Angular in your sentence.

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