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Extended vs Augmented - What's the difference?

extended | augmented |

As verbs the difference between extended and augmented

is that extended is (extend) while augmented is (augment).

As adjectives the difference between extended and augmented

is that extended is longer in length or extension; elongated while augmented is increased in number, amount or strength.

extended

English

Verb

(head)
  • (extend)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • longer in length or extension; elongated
  • stretched out or pulled out; expanded
  • lasting longer; protracted
  • having a large scope or range; extensive
  • (of a typeface) wider than usual

    • augmented

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • increased in number, amount or strength.
  • (music) increased by a semitone.

    • Derived terms

    * augmented amicable pair * augmented assignment * augmented Backus-Naur form * augmented chord * augmented dodecahedron * augmented feedback * augmented fifth * augmented hexagonal prism * augmented matrix * augmented pentagonal prism * augmented polyhedron * augmented reality * augmented sixth * augmented sixth chord * augmented social network * augmented sphenocorona * augmented transition network * augmented triangular prism * augmented tridiminished isocahedron * augmented truncated cube * augmented truncated dodecahedron * augmented truncated tetrahedron * augmented Tchebycheff function

    Related terms

    * augmentation

    Verb

    (head)
  • (augment)