Functional data - sets of measurement sequences arising from a generating source of continuous nature - has become pervasive in many applications, across many fields of research. The commonly adopted methodology for exploring such data treats the observed units as functions, with continuous functional structure. This introduces a nigh boundless range of new modes of variability in shape and structure, unique to only this type of data. Thus, methodology encompassing the structural variability of functional data has risen to the attention in functional data literature. In this thesis, we approach the shape features of functional data from three different angles, utilizing functional notions of statistical depth as well as metrics, sensitive ...