Form vs Course - What's the Difference?

Course

Form

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • part of a meal served at one time
  • facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
  • a body of students who are taught together
  • a mode of action
  • education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
  • a connected series of events or actions or developments
  • a line or route along which something travels or moves
  • (construction) a layer of masonry
  • general line of orientation
Definition as Noun
  • a printed document with spaces in which to write
  • an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
  • a particular mode in which something is manifested
  • an ability to perform well
  • a mold for setting concrete
  • a body of students who are taught together
  • alternative names for the body of a human being
  • a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
  • a life-size dummy used to display clothes
  • (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
  • a perceptual structure
  • any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
  • the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
  • the visual appearance of something or someone
  • (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
  • the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
Definition as Verb
  • move swiftly through or over
  • hunt with hounds
  • move along, of liquids
Definition as Verb
  • assume a form or shape
  • to compose or represent
  • establish or impress firmly in the mind
  • create (as an entity)
  • give shape or form to
  • make something, usually for a specific function
  • develop into a distinctive entity
Definition as Adverb
  • as might be expected
Definition as Adverb

Examples

  • "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"
  • "she prepared a three course meal"
  • "the course had only nine holes"; "the course was less than a mile"
  • "early morning classes are always sleepy"
  • "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"
  • "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
  • "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
  • "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
  • "a course of bricks"
  • "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
  • "ships coursing the Atlantic"
  • "He often courses hares"
  • "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
  • "he filled out his tax form"
  • "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form"
  • "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility"
  • "he was at the top of his form"; "the team was off form last night"
  • "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation"
  • "early morning classes are always sleepy"
  • "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
  • "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
  • "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system"
  • "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
  • "he could barely make out their shapes"
  • "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"
  • "the delicate cast of his features"
  • "a new strain of microorganisms"
  • "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"
  • "the water formed little beads"
  • "This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"
  • "We imprint our ideas onto our children"
  • "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"
  • "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"
  • "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
  • "our plans began to take shape"

Parts of Speech

Adverb, Noun, Verb
Noun, Verb

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