Texture vs. Structure — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Texture and Structure
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Definitions
Texture
The feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance
The different colours and textures of bark
Skin texture and tone
The cheese is firm in texture
Structure
A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized. Material structures include man-made objects such as buildings and machines and natural objects such as biological organisms, minerals and chemicals.
Texture
Give (a surface) a rough or raised texture
Wallcoverings which create a textured finish
Structure
The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex
The two sentences have equivalent structures
The company's weakness is the inflexibility of its management structure
Texture
A structure of interwoven fibers or other elements.
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Structure
A building or other object constructed from several parts
The station is a magnificent structure and should not be demolished
Texture
The distinctive physical composition or structure of something, especially with respect to the size, shape, and arrangement of its parts
The texture of sandy soil.
The texture of cooked fish.
Structure
Construct or arrange according to a plan; give a pattern or organization to
Services must be structured so as to avoid pitfalls
Texture
The appearance and feel of a surface
The smooth texture of soap.
Structure
Something made up of a number of parts that are held or put together in a particular way
Hierarchical social structure.
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Texture
A rough or grainy surface quality
Brick walls give a room texture.
Structure
The way in which parts are arranged or put together to form a whole; makeup
Triangular in structure.
Texture
Distinctive or identifying quality or character
"an intensely meditative poet [who] conveys the religious and cultural texture of time spent in a Benedictine monastery" (New York Times).
Structure
The interrelation or arrangement of parts in a complex entity
Political structure.
Plot structure.
Texture
The quality given to a piece of art, literature, or music by the interrelationship of its elements
"The baroque influence in his music is clear here, with the harmonic complexity and texture" (Rachelle Roe).
Structure
Something constructed, such as a building.
Texture
To give texture to, especially to impart desirable surface characteristics to
Texture a printing plate by lining and stippling it.
Structure
The arrangement or formation of the tissues, organs, or other parts of an organism.
Texture
The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
The beans had a grainy, gritty texture in her mouth.
Structure
An organ or other part of an organism.
Texture
(arts) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
The piece of music had a mainly homophonic texture.
Structure
To give form or arrangement to
Structure a curriculum.
Structure one's day.
Texture
(computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
Structure
A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items.
Texture
(obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
Structure
The underlying shape of a solid.
He studied the structure of her face.
Texture
(obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
Structure
The overall form or organization of something.
The structure of a sentence.
The structure of the society was still a mystery.
Texture
A tissue.
Structure
A set of rules defining behaviour.
For some, the structure of school life was oppressive.
Texture
To create or apply a texture.
Drag the trowel through the plaster to texture the wall.
Structure
(computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
This structure contains both date and timezone information.
Texture
The act or art of weaving.
Structure
Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
There's lots of structure to be fished along the west shore of the lake; the impoundment submerged a town there when it was built.
Texture
That which woven; a woven fabric; a web.
Others, apart far in the grassy dale,Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.
Structure
A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
The South African leader went off to consult with the structures.
Texture
The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web.
Structure
(logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
Texture
The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture.
Structure
(transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.
I'm trying to structure my time better so I'm not always late.
I've structured the deal to limit the amount of money we can lose.
Texture
A tissue. See Tissue.
Structure
The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.
His son builds on, and never is contentTill the last farthing is in structure spent.
Texture
To form a texture of or with; to interweave.
Structure
Manner of building; form; make; construction.
Want of insight into the structure and constitution of the terraqueous globe.
Texture
The feel of a surface or a fabric;
The wall had a smooth texture
Structure
Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.
It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure.
Texture
The essential quality of something;
The texture of Neapolitan life
Structure
Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure.
Texture
The musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together;
Then another melodic line is added to the texture
Structure
That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.
There stands a structure of majestic frame.
Texture
The characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality
Structure
A thing constructed; a complex construction or entity;
The structure consisted of a series of arches
She wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons
Structure
The manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts;
Artists must study the structure of the human body
The structure of the benzene molecule
Structure
The complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations;
His lectures have no structure
Structure
A particular complex anatomical structure;
He has good bone structure
Structure
The people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships;
The social organization of England and America is very different
Sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family
Structure
Give a structure to;
I need to structure my days
