1. The former indicates appearance and conditions; The latter represents the mold and style of the casting object. Chinese characters were originally formed by painting, and "shape" has one more "earth" than "shape", which refers to the mold made of mud.

2. "Shape" refers to the shape of the object, and "type" refers to the type of the object.

3. The definition of "shape" in Modern Chinese Dictionary is: "A table where an object or figure consists of external surfaces or lines." The definition of "type" is: "something with the same characteristics."

4. Form focuses on the different characteristics of individual things that are different from other things, while type focuses on the characteristics of similar things, which is a classification of individual things.

U-tube manometer is the oldest pressure measuring instrument. It belongs to absolute vacuum gauge in vacuum measurement and can be used as vacuum measurement standard. U-shaped tube is a kind of similar U-shaped tube, which is formed by bending ordinary thick glass tube by using the high temperature of alcohol burner. U-tube is widely used in chemistry laboratory, which can be used in electrolysis and electrophoresis experiments, and the Kipp generator with simple assembly can be used as cooling pipe.

Let's distinguish the difference between "shape" and "type" by combining words and "body":

"Body shape" refers to the shape of human or animal body, and also refers to the shape of buildings, machines, etc. "Body shape" mainly focuses on the external form. People's height, short, fat and thin mainly refer to the external shape, so we should use "body shape". "Body shape" can be used for buildings and machines, not people and animals.

Extended data:

The following are the meanings of "shape" and "type":

Shape:

Chinese characters are commonly used in China. Commonly used words are: image, shape, description, graphics and so on. ?

1. Entity: ~ instrument (attitude instrument). ~ body. ~ appearance. ~ Rong. ~ skeleton. ~ it's just a single shadow. ~ shadows hang together.

2. Appearance: ~ appearance. ~ type. ~ state. ~ trace。 Ground ~. Love ~

3. performance: ~ all the pen and ink. Happiness ~ in color.

4. comparison, comparison: see the shortcomings.

5. situation, terrain: ~ potential.

6. Ancient "types" and molds.

7. Ancient "punishment", punishment.

Type:

1. From the dirt, there came the sound of punishment. Original meaning: mold for casting objects. What is made of wood is called mold, what is made of bamboo is called model, and what is made of mud is called model.

2. The same original meaning?

Type, casting method also. -"Shuo Wen". Words are also poems.

So is the torturer. He who loves is successful. Water is accurate and legal; Wood is like a model, bamboo is like a raft; Scholar type. -"The Book of Rites Wang Zhi"

Pure hook, fish intestines from beginning to end. -"Huainanzi Xiuwu"

Concrete can also be shaped. -Xie Lingyun's "Bachelor of Life"

3. Another example: paper type; Dosage form; Sand mold; Modeling; Mould; model

4. Model?

Although there are no old adults, there are still typical ones. -"Poetry, Elegance and Swing"

My wife is so kind, decisive and materialistic, which can be generalized. -Green? Chen Kangqi's Reading Meeting

5. Another example: Fang Xing (or model, model); Model (model; French)

6. type; Style. Such as: light; Heavy; Large, medium and small; New type; Face shape; Mouth shape; Streamlining; blood type

Model: refers to the performance, specifications and dimensions of machines and farm tools.