Breadth vs Stretch - What's the difference?
breadth | stretch | Synonyms |
The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
A piece of fabric of standard width.
Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
(math) (graph theory ) the length of the longest path between two vertices on a graph
(label) To lengthen by pulling.
(label) To lengthen when pulled.
* Boyle
(label) To pull tight.
To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
(label) To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
* , chapter=1
, title= To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
(label) To extend to a limit point
(label) To increase.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Neil Johnston, work=BBC Sport
, title= To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
(label) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
An act of stretching.
The ability to lengthen when pulled.
A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief.
A segment of a journey or route.
(label) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
(label) A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
A length of time.
*
(label) A term of address for a tall person
* 2007 , Michael Farrell, Running with Buffalo
*:“Hey, Stretch ,” he shouted at a tall, spectacled co-worker, “turn the fucking station, will you? You know I can't stand Rush, and it's all they play on this one. If I hear those assholes whine 'Tom Sawyer' one more time, I may go on a fucking killing spree.
Breadth is a synonym of stretch.
As nouns the difference between breadth and stretch
is that breadth is the extent or measure of how broad or wide something is while stretch is an act of stretching .As a verb stretch is
(label) to lengthen by pulling.breadth
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (extent or measure of how broad something is) width * (piece of fabric of standard width) * (scope or range) extent, range, scope, sizeDerived terms
* acre breadth * bizygomatic breadth * breadth of accommodation * breadthen * breadth-first search * breadth-first traversal * breadth-height index * breadth index * breadth indicator * breadthless * breadth-line * breadth of effect * breadth of market * breadth-of-market theory * breadth of mind * breadth of the market * breadth of tone * breadth-riders * breadthways * breadthwise * curve of constant breadth * finger-breadth, fingerbreadth * finger's breadth * foot-breadth, footbreadth * hairbreadth * hair's breadth, hairsbreadth * handbreadth, hand's breadth, handsbreadth * index of breadth * straw-breadth, straw's breadthstretch
English
Verb
- The inner membrane because it would stretch and yield, remained unbroken.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,
Norwich 3-3 Blackburn, passage=Yakubu took advantage of John Ruddy's error to put the visitors back in front, with Chris Samba's header stretching their advantage.}}
- a man apt to stretch in his report of facts
- The ship stretched to the eastward.
Noun
(es)- I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
- To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
- That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
- It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.
- It was an easy trip except for the last stretch , which took forever.
- He did a 7-year stretch in jail.
- After the harvest there was a stretch of clear dry weather, and the animals toiled harder than ever
