angle vs approach

angle

verb
  • To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing. 

  • To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint. 

  • To change direction rapidly. 

  • To try to catch fish with a hook and line. 

  • To place (something) at an angle. 

  • To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball. 

noun
  • A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). 

  • A change in direction. 

  • A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. 

  • Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli. 

  • A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. 

  • A corner where two walls intersect. 

  • A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud. 

  • Any of various hesperiid butterflies. 

  • The focus of a news story. 

  • The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere. 

  • An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral 

  • A viewpoint; a way of looking at something. 

approach

verb
  • To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc. 

  • To play an approach shot. 

  • To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh. 

  • Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal. 

  • To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near. 

  • Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place). 

  • To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works. 

  • To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem). 

  • To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to. 

noun
  • An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access. 

  • The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport. 

  • An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation. 

  • The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball. 

  • A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.). 

  • A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc. 

  • An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near. 

  • A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport. 

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